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On 20 June 1941, the Army Air Corps' existence as the primary air arm of the U.S. Army changed to that of solely being the training and logistics elements of the then-new United States Army Air Forces, which embraced the formerly-named General Headquarters Air Force under the new Air Force Combat Command organization for front-line combat ...
Air Service, United States Army 24 May 1918 – 2 July 1926; United States Army Air Corps 2 July 1926 – 20 June 1941 [n 64] United States Army Air Forces 20 June 1941 – 18 September 1947 [n 65] United States Air Force 18 September 1947–present
The airfields were built in 1941 by the United States Army Air Corps just before the war. Victorville Army Airfield covered 2,200-acre in the Mojave Desert. The US Army held a groundbreaking ceremony on 12 July 1941. The base, called Victorville Army Flying School, was ready to use before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The Army ...
The Army Nurse Corps dates from 1901, the Dental Corps from 1911, the Veterinary Corps from 1916, the Medical Service Corps from 1917, and the Army Medical Specialist Corps from 1947. The Army Organization Act of 1950 renamed the Medical Department as the Army Medical Service. On 4 June 1968, the Army Medical Service was redesignated the Army ...
Military units and formations of the United States Army Air Corps (1 C, 23 P) Pages in category "United States Army Air Corps" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. [14] Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps , the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with ...
The Turkish Air Force Foundation Day is the anniversary holiday for Turkey's military aviation force. The foundation of the Turkish Air Force was laid by the Minister of War Mahmud Shevket Pasha in Yeşilköy on 1 June 1911, when the first Ottoman Aviation Squadrons were created. This date has since been accepted as the birthday of the Turkish ...
The term air corps can generically refer to an air force, however it is mostly used for an aviation wing within a predominantly land force. In specific use, air corps or Air Corps may refer to: United States Army Air Corps, the predecessor of the United States Air Force; Army Air Corps (United Kingdom), the air corps of the British Army; Air ...