U.S. Army Air Forces (World War II)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Army_Air_Forces_(World_War_II)

GPTKB entity

Statements (127)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:B-24_Liberator gptkb:C-47_Skytrain gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkbp:basisFor	gptkb:The_Pentagon
gptkbp:casualties	over 40,000 killed in action
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Henry_H._Arnold
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1947
gptkbp:emblem	Hap Arnold Wings
gptkbp:established	1941
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	U.S. Army Air Forces (World War II)
gptkbp:motto	“Keep 'Em Flying”
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Ira_C._Eaker gptkb:Hoyt_Vandenberg gptkb:Lauris_Norstad gptkb:Nathan_Twining gptkb:Curtis_LeMay gptkb:James_Doolittle gptkb:Carl_Spaatz gptkb:Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr. gptkb:Elwood_Quesada
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Grand_Island_Army_Airfield gptkb:Waco_Army_Airfield gptkb:Hamilton_Field gptkb:Paine_Field gptkb:San_Marcos_Army_Airfield gptkb:Walla_Walla_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Ellington_Field gptkb:Hill_Field gptkb:Deming_Army_Airfield gptkb:Buckley_Field gptkb:Barksdale_Field gptkb:Bolling_Field gptkb:Brooks_Field gptkb:Chanute_Field gptkb:Davis-Monthan_Field gptkb:Gowen_Field gptkb:Great_Falls_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Kelly_Field gptkb:Langley_Field gptkb:Lowry_Field gptkb:March_Field gptkb:Mather_Field gptkb:Maxwell_Field gptkb:McChord_Field gptkb:Mitchel_Field gptkb:Mitchell_Field gptkb:Moffett_Field gptkb:Moses_Lake_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Pendleton_Field gptkb:Randolph_Field gptkb:Rapid_City_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Salt_Lake_City_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Scott_Field gptkb:Selfridge_Field gptkb:Sioux_City_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Wendover_Field gptkb:Wright_Field gptkb:Yakima_Air_Terminal gptkb:Great_Bend_Army_Airfield gptkb:Dalhart_Army_Airfield gptkb:Liberal_Army_Airfield gptkb:Pratt_Army_Airfield gptkb:Harlingen_Army_Airfield gptkb:Alamogordo_Army_Airfield gptkb:Biggs_Field gptkb:Boise_Air_Terminal gptkb:Clovis_Army_Airfield gptkb:Cut_Bank_Army_Airfield gptkb:Fairchild_Field gptkb:Glasgow_Army_Airfield gptkb:Goodfellow_Field gptkb:Herington_Army_Airfield gptkb:Hobbs_Army_Airfield gptkb:Kearney_Army_Airfield gptkb:Kingman_Army_Airfield gptkb:Lubbock_Army_Airfield gptkb:Luke_Field gptkb:Moody_Field gptkb:Perrin_Field gptkb:Portland_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Reno_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Roswell_Army_Airfield gptkb:Santa_Ana_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Smoky_Hill_Army_Airfield gptkb:Spokane_Air_Depot gptkb:Stockton_Field gptkb:Tonopah_Army_Airfield gptkb:Tucson_Army_Airfield gptkb:Winslow-Lindbergh_Regional_Airport gptkb:Yuma_Army_Airfield gptkb:Ephrata_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Geiger_Field gptkb:Kearns_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Sheppard_Field gptkb:Walker_Army_Airfield gptkb:Foster_Field gptkb:Carlsbad_Army_Airfield gptkb:Lewistown_Army_Airfield gptkb:Lincoln_Army_Airfield gptkb:Las_Vegas_Army_Airfield Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki gptkb:D-Day gptkb:Strategic_bombing_of_Germany
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Tuskegee_Airmen gptkb:8th_Air_Force gptkb:15th_Air_Force gptkb:Twentieth_Air_Force gptkb:Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots_(WASP)
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:predecessor	United States Army Air Corps
gptkbp:primaryMission	bomber training reconnaissance air superiority air transport tactical support
gptkbp:role	aerial warfare
gptkbp:size	over 2.4 million personnel (at peak)
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Philip_Whalen
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6