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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:United States Army Air Forces generals. It includes United States Army Air Forces generals that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
United States Army Air Forces generals of World War II (91 P) Pages in category "United States Army Air Forces generals" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.
The total number of active-duty four-star generals in the Air Force is limited to a fixed percentage of the number of Air Force general officers serving at all ranks. [ 32 ] Within the Air Force, the chief of staff ( CSAF ) and vice chief of staff ( VCSAF ) are four-star generals by statute.
List of lieutenant generals in the United States Air Force before 1960; List of United States Air Force four-star generals; List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009; List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019; List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals since 2020
Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a US Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II.
This is a list of United States Armed Forces general officers and flag officers who were killed in World War II. The dates of death listed are from the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 to the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, when the United States was officially involved in World War II. Included are generals and admirals who ...
By the end of World War II, the USAAF had created 16 numbered air forces (First through Fifteenth and Twentieth) distributed worldwide to prosecute the war, plus a general air force within the continental United States to support the whole and provide air defense.
Robin Olds [1] (born Robert Oldys Jr.; July 14, 1922 – June 14, 2007) was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 17 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. [2] He retired in 1973 as a brigadier general, after 30 years of service.