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Operational Training Units (OTU) and Replacement Training Units (RTU) were training organizations of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.Unlike the schools of the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC), OTU-RTU units were operational units of the four domestic numbered air forces along with I Troop Carrier Command and Air Transport Command, with the mission of final phase ...
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) [2] was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States [3] during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).
However, forward air control during World War II came into existence as a result of exigency, and was used in several theaters of World War II. Its reincarnation in action was a result of field expedience rather than planned operations. [13] British Mobile Fighter Controllers operating in North Africa during World War II
The Air Force in Southeast Asi: US FAC Operations in Southeast Asia 1961-1965 (2011 reprint). Military Studies Press. ISBNs 1780399987, 9781780399980. Schlight, John (2003). Help from Above: Air Force Close Air Support of the Army 1946–1973. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program. ISBN 178039442X. OCLC 53045229. Taylor, N. E ...
Second Air Force was principal center for developing heavy (B-17, B-24) and very heavy (B-29) bombardment groups, and the training of replacement personnel [2] First Air Force and Fourth Air Force trained fighter units. First Air Force generally trained P-47 Thunderbolt groups and replacement pilots, while Fourth Air Force trained P-38 Lighting ...
"Review: The Army Air Forces in World War II. Vol. IV". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 54 (3). Texas State Historical Association: 380– 383. JSTOR 30237597. Watts, Arthur P. (March 1951). "Review: The Army Air Forces in World War II. Vol. IV". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 274 (1).
The Royal New Zealand Air Force placed 15 of its FACs under U. S. command during the war. [57] By 1968, there were 668 Air Force FACs in country, scattered at 70 forward operating locations throughout South Vietnam. [58] By November, a minimum of 736 FACs were deemed necessary for directing the air war, but only 612 were available. [59]
SOURCES: Maurer Maurer, Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919–1939 (Appendix 5), and Air Force Combat Units of World War II, both USAF Historical Research Center. This list of units is a snapshot of the Air Corps on the date of activation of the General Headquarters Air Force.