US Army Air Forces

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/US_Army_Air_Forces

GPTKB entity

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:USAAF
gptkbp:activeYears	1941–1947
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Henry_H._Arnold
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	18 September 1947
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:North_African_Campaign gptkb:Strategic_bombing_of_Germany gptkb:Strategic_bombing_of_Japan gptkb:European_Theater_of_World_War_II gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:established	20 June 1941
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:The_Pentagon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	US Army Air Forces
gptkbp:motto	“Off we go into the wild blue yonder”
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:A-20_Havoc gptkb:B-26_Marauder gptkb:C-54_Skymaster gptkb:B-24_Liberator gptkb:C-47_Skytrain gptkb:P-38_Lightning gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt gptkb:P-51_Mustang gptkb:B-25_Mitchell gptkb:P-40_Warhawk
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Ira_C._Eaker gptkb:Lauris_Norstad gptkb:Nathan_Twining gptkb:Curtis_LeMay gptkb:Jimmy_Doolittle gptkb:Carl_Spaatz
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Hamilton_Field gptkb:Bolling_Field gptkb:Chanute_Field gptkb:Kelly_Field gptkb:Langley_Field gptkb:March_Field gptkb:Mather_Field gptkb:Maxwell_Field gptkb:Mitchel_Field gptkb:Mitchell_Field gptkb:Randolph_Field gptkb:Scott_Field gptkb:Selfridge_Field gptkb:Wright_Field
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Air_Defense_Command gptkb:Fourth_Air_Force gptkb:Eleventh_Air_Force gptkb:Ninth_Air_Force gptkb:Twelfth_Air_Force gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force gptkb:Air_Training_Command gptkb:Air_Transport_Command gptkb:Fifteenth_Air_Force gptkb:First_Air_Force gptkb:Second_Air_Force gptkb:Third_Air_Force gptkb:Twentieth_Air_Force gptkb:Air_Materiel_Command gptkb:Air_Proving_Ground_Command gptkb:Air_Technical_Service_Command gptkb:Fifth_Air_Force gptkb:Fourteenth_Air_Force gptkb:Seventh_Air_Force gptkb:Sixth_Air_Force gptkb:Tenth_Air_Force gptkb:Thirteenth_Air_Force gptkb:Troop_Carrier_Command gptkb:Air_Forces_Alaska gptkb:Air_Forces_Caribbean gptkb:Air_Forces_China-Burma-India_Theater gptkb:Air_Forces_European_Theater gptkb:Air_Forces_Mediterranean_Theater gptkb:Air_Forces_North_African_Theater gptkb:Air_Forces_Pacific_Ocean_Areas gptkb:Air_Forces_Southwest_Pacific_Area gptkb:Air_Service_Command gptkb:Weather_Wing
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:United_States_Department_of_War
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:predecessor	United States Army Air Corps
gptkbp:role	aerial warfare
gptkbp:size	over 2.4 million personnel (1944) over 80,000 aircraft (1944)
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:P-108_Crusader gptkb:D-Day_invasion gptkb:Boeing_307_Stratoliner gptkb:Naval_Support_Activity_Atsugi gptkb:RAF_Greenham_Common gptkb:Douglas_X-51 gptkb:D-Day_Invasion_of_Normandy gptkb:DC-3_airplane gptkb:Desembarco_de_Normandía
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6