United States Army Air Forces Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Lineage of the United States Air Force== * [[Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps|Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps]] 1 August 1907 β 18 July 1914 * [[Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps|Aviation Section, Signal Corps]] 18 July 1914 β 20 May 1918 * [[Division of Military Aeronautics]] 20 May 1918 β 24 May 1918 * [[United States Army Air Service|Air Service, United States Army]] 24 May 1918 β 2 July 1926 * [[United States Army Air Corps]] 2 July 1926 β 20 June 1941{{refn|The Air Corps became a subordinate component 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 one of the combat arms of the Army (along with infantry, armor, and artillery) until abolished by reorganization provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 (61 ''Stat''. 495), 26 July 1947.<ref name="natarc">{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/018.html|title = Records of the Army Air Forces (AAF) |publisher=National Archives |access-date=22 November 2010}}</ref>|group=n}} * '''United States Army Air Forces''' 20 June 1941 β 18 September 1947{{refn|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.<ref name="natarc"/>|group=n}} * [[United States Air Force]] 18 September 1947βpresent Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page