United States Army Air Forces

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:USAAF
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd	1947
gptkbp:activeYearsStart	1941
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:B-24_Liberator gptkb:C-47_Skytrain gptkb:P-38_Lightning gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkbp:commanderInChief	gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	gptkb:National_Security_Act_of_1947
gptkbp:emblem	Hap Arnold Wings
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:establishedBy	gptkb:Executive_Order_9082
gptkbp:flightNumber	over 80,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:The_Pentagon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States Army Air Forces
gptkbp:motto	"Keep 'Em Flying"
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Henry_H._Arnold gptkb:Carl_Spaatz
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Hamilton_Field gptkb:Ellington_Field gptkb:Alamogordo_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Barksdale_Field gptkb:Blythe_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Bolling_Field gptkb:Brooks_Field gptkb:Chanute_Field gptkb:Clovis_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Dalhart_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Davis-Monthan_Field gptkb:Dyersburg_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Eglin_Field gptkb:Fairmont_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Gowen_Field gptkb:Grand_Island_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Great_Falls_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Hunter_Field gptkb:Kearney_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Kelly_Field gptkb:Langley_Field gptkb:Lincoln_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Lowry_Field gptkb:Lubbock_Army_Air_Field gptkb:March_Field gptkb:Mather_Field gptkb:Maxwell_Field gptkb:McChord_Field gptkb:Mitchel_Field gptkb:Mitchell_Field gptkb:Moses_Lake_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Myrtle_Beach_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Orlando_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Patterson_Field gptkb:Pendleton_Field gptkb:Pinecastle_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Pueblo_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Randolph_Field gptkb:Rapid_City_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Roswell_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Salt_Lake_City_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Scott_Field gptkb:Selfridge_Field gptkb:Sioux_City_Army_Air_Base gptkb:Spokane_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Tinker_Field gptkb:Tonopah_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Tucson_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Turner_Field gptkb:Tuskegee_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Tyndall_Field gptkb:Waco_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Wendover_Field gptkb:Westover_Field gptkb:Will_Rogers_Field gptkb:Wilmington_Army_Air_Field gptkb:Wright_Field
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Torch gptkb:Doolittle_Raid gptkb:Strategic_bombing_of_Germany gptkb:Strategic_bombing_of_Japan
gptkbp:numberOfCombatGroups	243 (at peak)
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:predecessor	United States Army Air Corps
gptkbp:primaryMission	bomber 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:Elliott_Roosevelt
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3