United States Army Air Forces in World War II

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The United States Army Air Forces in World War II was the aerial warfare branch of the U.S. military responsible for strategic bombing, air superiority, and support operations across multiple theaters of the conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military aviation organization ⓘ
aircraftUsed A-20 Havoc ⓘ
linked to: Douglas A-20 Havoc

A-26 Invader ⓘ
B-17 Flying Fortress ⓘ
B-24 Liberator ⓘ
B-25 Mitchell ⓘ
B-26 Marauder ⓘ
B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
C-46 Commando ⓘ
C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
P-38 Lightning ⓘ
P-39 Airacobra ⓘ
linked to: Bell P-39 Airacobra

P-40 Warhawk ⓘ
P-47 Thunderbolt ⓘ
P-51 Mustang ⓘ
alliedWith Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
commander Henry H. Arnold ⓘ
linked to: Hap Arnold
commanderTitle Commanding General, Army Air Forces ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
enemy Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
followedBy United States Air Force in the Cold War ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
militaryBranchOf United States Army ⓘ
notableEvent use of atomic bomb delivery aircraft ⓘ
notableOperation Berlin air raids ⓘ
linked to: Berlin 1940–1945

Combined Bomber Offensive ⓘ
D-Day air operations ⓘ
Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: The Hump

Ploiești oil field raids ⓘ
linked to: Ploiești raid

Tokyo firebombing raids ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo air raids

strategic bombing campaign against Germany ⓘ
strategic bombing campaign against Japan ⓘ
notableUnit Eighth Air Force ⓘ
Fifteenth Air Force ⓘ
Fifth Air Force ⓘ
Fourteenth Air Force ⓘ
linked to: 14th Air Force

Ninth Air Force ⓘ
Tenth Air Force ⓘ
Thirteenth Air Force ⓘ
Twentieth Air Force ⓘ
partOf United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
precededBy United States Army Air Corps in World War II ⓘ
role aerial reconnaissance ⓘ
air superiority ⓘ
air transport ⓘ
airborne operations support ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
tactical air support ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Alaskan Theater ⓘ
linked to: North Pacific Area

Caribbean Theater ⓘ
China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
European Theater of Operations ⓘ
Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

97th Bombardment Group → service → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
The Atomic Bomb Group → service → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
313th Bombardment Wing → service → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
301st Fighter Squadron → militaryBranchDuringConflict → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
73rd Bombardment Wing → serviceBranchDuringConflict → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
468th Bombardment Group → service → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
314th Bombardment Wing → service → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
8th Bombardment Squadron → service → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
Kenneth B. Wolfe → partOf → United States Army Air Forces leadership during World War II ⓘ
linked to: United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Delos C. Emmons → partOf → United States Army Air Forces leadership during World War II ⓘ
linked to: United States Army Air Forces in World War II
United States in World War II → airPower → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ
475th Fighter Group → service → United States Army Air Forces in World War II ⓘ