Army Air Forces

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Disambiguation: The Army Air Forces (AAF/USAAF) was the aviation component of the U.S. Army during WWII and immediate post-war period (1941-1947). Not to be confused with the separate U.S. Air Force, established in 1947 as an independent military branch.

The United States Army Air Forces (AAF/USAAF) was established on June 20, 1941, as the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the U.S. Army, succeeding the Army Air Corps. Under the command of General Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold and later General Carl Spaatz, the AAF expanded dramatically during World War II to become the world's most powerful air force, with peak strength of 2.4 million personnel and 80,000 aircraft by July 1944. Operating with near-complete autonomy despite nominal Army subordination, the AAF conducted combat operations from over 1,600 airfields worldwide. The organization was officially dissolved on September 18, 1947, when it became the independent United States Air Force under the National Security Act of 1947. As a major military command during the 1940s, the AAF would have been responsible for investigating any aerial phenomena encountered by its pilots and personnel during its operational period.

Enriquecimento (PT-BR)

Desambiguação: The Army Air Forces (AAF/USAAF) was the aviation component of the U.S. Army during WWII and immediate post-war period (1941-1947). Not to be confused with the separate U.S. Air Force, established in 1947 as an independent military branch.

As Forças Aéreas do Exército dos EUA (AAF/USAAF) foram estabelecidas em 20 de junho de 1941 como o principal componente de guerra aérea terrestre do Exército americano, substituindo o Army Air Corps. Sob o comando do General Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold e posteriormente do General Carl Spaatz, o AAF expandiu dramaticamente durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, tornando-se a força aérea mais poderosa do mundo, com força máxima de 2,4 milhões de pessoal e 80.000 aeronaves em julho de 1944. Operando com autonomia quase completa apesar de subordinação nominal ao Exército, o AAF conduziu operações de combate de mais de 1.600 aeródromos em todo o mundo. A organização foi oficialmente dissolvida em 18 de setembro de 1947, quando se tornou a independente Força Aérea dos EUA sob a Lei de Segurança Nacional de 1947. Como um comando militar importante durante os anos 1940, o AAF teria sido responsável pela investigação de qualquer fenômeno aéreo encontrado por seus pilotos e pessoal durante seu período operacional.

External Sources

• United States Army Air Forces · Wikipedia · reliability: high — Established June 20, 1941; Predecessor to U.S. Air Force; Led by General Hap Arnold; Peak strength 2.4M personnel, 80K aircraft; Dissolved September 18, 1947
• Records of the Army Air Forces [AAF] · U.S. National Archives · reliability: high — 10,000+ linear feet of documents 1903-1964; Bulk of records from 1917-1947; 118,680+ still photographs in collection; 6,657 maps and aerial photographs; Mission reports from WWII operations
• Unidentified Flying Objects and Air Force Project Blue Book · U.S. Air Force · reliability: high — Project Sign (AAF predecessor to Blue Book) began 1948; Air Force later inherited UFO investigation function; 12,618 sightings investigated 1948-1969; Blue Book concluded no UFO threat to national security

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