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The United States Army Air Service (USAAS) [1] (also known as the "Air Service", "U.S. Air Service" and before its legislative establishment in 1920, the "Air Service, United States Army") was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 and a forerunner of the United States Air Force.
The United States Army Air Forces incurred 12% of the Army's 936,000 battle casualties in World War II. 88,119 airmen died in service. 52,173 were battle casualty deaths: 45,520 killed in action, 1,140 died of wounds, 3,603 were missing in action and declared dead, and 1,910 were non-hostile battle deaths. Of the United States military and ...
The USAAC was renamed from the earlier United States Army Air Service on 2 July 1926, and was part of the larger United States Army. The Air Corps became the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on 20 June 1941, giving it greater autonomy from the Army's middle-level command structure.
The Aviation Section, Signal Corps, [1] was the aerial warfare service of the United States from 1914 to 1918, and a direct statutory ancestor of the United States Air Force. It absorbed and replaced the Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps , and conducted the activities of Army aviation until its statutory responsibilities were suspended by ...
During World War II, many of the logistical support functions of the United States Army Air Forces were accomplished by a variety of service commands.. These generally were of two types, those subordinate to numbered air forces, which generally carried Roman numerals, and service commands forming part of Air Materiel Command in the Zone of the Interior - the Continental United States.
Air Service recruiting poster, 1918 Roundel of the Air Service, United States Army used on planes in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. This is a partial list of original Air Service, United States Army "Aero Squadrons" before and during World War I. Units formed after 1 January 1919, are not listed.
US Army Air Corps shoulder sleeve insigne. In 1948, the United States Air Force reorganized its wings under the Wing Base Reorganization.In this reorganization, a wing commanded a single combat group, along with the medical, maintenance, and support elements associated with the combat group.
In 1924, problems with the previous designation system led to a general revamping of the designation system used by the United States Army Air Service.This system was to remain in effect with the U.S. Army Air Corps, the U.S. Army Air Forces and the independent U.S. Air Force, as well as those aircraft remaining in the U.S. Army after 1947.