Continental Air Forces

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Continental Air Forces was a major World War II–era U.S. Army Air Forces command responsible for organizing, training, and equipping air units within the continental United States before its functions were assumed by Strategic Air Command.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Continental Air Forces canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Army Air Forces command ⓘ
major command ⓘ
branch Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
controlledResource continental air defense forces ⓘ
linked to: air defence command

training commands in the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDissolved 1946-03-21 ⓘ
21 March 1946 ⓘ
dateFormed 13 April 1944 ⓘ
1944-04-13 ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II
establishedBy United States War Department ⓘ
garrison Bolling Field ⓘ
headquartersLocation Bolling Field ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1940s ⓘ
jurisdiction continental United States ⓘ
militaryBranchType air force command ⓘ
notableCommander Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles ⓘ
Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer ⓘ
operatedFrom 1944 ⓘ
operatedUntil 1946 ⓘ
partOf United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
precededBy First Air Force ⓘ
Fourth Air Force ⓘ
Second Air Force ⓘ
Third Air Force ⓘ
primaryMission air defense of the continental United States ⓘ
managing continental airfields and training bases ⓘ
training replacement aircrews ⓘ
reorganizedAs Air Defense Command ⓘ
Strategic Air Command ⓘ
replaced dispersed control of continental air forces among numbered air forces ⓘ
role equipping air units in the continental United States ⓘ
organizing air units in the continental United States ⓘ
training air units in the continental United States ⓘ
serviceNumberDesignation CAF ⓘ
subordinateUnit First Air Force ⓘ
Fourth Air Force ⓘ
I Bomber Command ⓘ
I Fighter Command ⓘ
I Troop Carrier Command ⓘ
Second Air Force ⓘ
Third Air Force ⓘ
successor Strategic Air Command ⓘ
theater continental United States ⓘ

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Strategic Air Command → precededBy → Continental Air Forces ⓘ
subject linked to: SAC