Category: United States Air Force
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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed, and is the largest and most technologically advanced air force in the world. (Source: Wikipedia:United_States_Air_Force.)
- The United States Air Force became a separate military service on 18 September 1947 with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947. The Act created the National Military Establishment, later renamed the United States Department of Defense, which was composed of four of the five branches, the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and a newly created Air Force. Prior to 1947, the responsibility for military aviation was divided between the Army for land-based operations and the Navy and Marine Corps for sea-based operations from aircraft carrier and amphibious aircraft. The Army created the first antecedent of the Air Force on 1 August 1907, which through a succession of changes of organization, titles, and missions advanced toward eventual separation 40 years later. The predecessor organizations leading up to today's U.S. Air Force are:
- Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps (1 August 1907 – 18 July 1914)
- Aviation Section, Signal Corps (18 July 1914 – 20 May 1918)
- Division of Military Aeronautics (20 May 1918 – 24 May 1918)
- Air Service, U.S. Army (24 May 1918 – 2 July 1926)
- US Army Air Corps (2 July 1926 – 20 June 1941)
- The US Army Air Corps became a subordinate element of the Army Air Forces on 20 June 1941, and was abolished as an administrative organization on 9 March 1942. It continued to exist as a branch of the Army (similar to the infantry, quartermaster, or artillery) until reorganization provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 495), 26 July 1947.[4]
- U.S. Army Air Forces (20 June 1941 – 17 September 1947)
- The Army Air Forces were abolished by Transfer Order 1, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 26 September 1947, implementing the same provisions. Transfer Order 1 was the first of 200 Army-Air Force transfer agreements drawn up in June and July 1947, and ordered the transfer of all military and civilian personnel of the Army Air Forces to the Department of the Air Force and the USAF.[4] The final transfer order was signed 22 June 1949. (Source: Wikipedia:History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force)
- Preceeded by: Category: United States Army Air Forces
- Pages, profiles, and various items related to the American Air Force.
- Ideally this would be an upper level roll up of other categories.
While we want to place profiles into more specific categories of the unit, base, etc where the person served, in many cases all that is known initially from an obituary, gravestone, photo, etc is that they were in the Air Force, so they can be placed here. Upon further research, if more information is discovered, moved them to that category.
- For units and personnel who served during non-conflict periods see the Subcategories listed below.
Wars/Conflicts: For for more detailed service information about units and the personnel who served in the United States Air Force in specific wars/conflicts, see:
See Also: Also see the branches that preceded the formation of the Air Force:
- Aviation Section, United States Signal Corps.
- United States Army Air Service.
- United States Army Air Corps
- United States Army Air Forces
Resources: For further information about the United State Air Force, See Also:
- United States Air Force
- United States Military History on Wikitree
- Wikipedia:United_States_Air Force
- Wikipedia:Structure_of_the_United_States_Air_Force Includes historic lineage.
- Wikipedia:List_of_Major_Commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force Includes historic lineage.
- Wikipedia:Numbered Air Forces Includes historic lineage.
- National Archives Photographs of Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities and Personnel - World War II and Korean War, 1940-1980.
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