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Title: USAAC and USAAF
Post by: VooWho on January 24, 2007, 07:22:12 PM

Is there a difference between the two? Are they both the same thing? Was USAAC change to USAAF after Pearl Harbor? I don't know much about this topic and thought I come to the best place.

Title: USAAC and USAAF
Post by: Krusty on January 24, 2007, 07:26:02 PM

Aircraft were the domain of the army. US Army Air Corps is what they were called. The reason certain aircraft were not developed, or that certain aircraft fought bueracracy along the way, is because the Army had a VERY limited view of what aircraft should do (forget flying 1000+ mile escort missions over Europe!). I don't know the exact date, but the USAAC was turned into the USAF. One is the precursor to the other.

Title: USAAC and USAAF
Post by: Lusche on January 24, 2007, 07:28:26 PM

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Originally posted by Krusty
I don't know the exact date, but the USAAC was turned into the USAF. One is the precursor to the other.

June 20, 1941

Title: USAAC and USAAF
Post by: Toad on January 24, 2007, 07:33:03 PM

September 18, 1947 is the birthday of the USAF.

It was fate; I was born on that day 4 years later.

Title: USAAC and USAAF
Post by: VooWho on January 24, 2007, 07:34:14 PM

So the USAAC became our todays USAF? The USAAF stayed with the Army?

Title: USAAC and USAAF
Post by: Toad on January 24, 2007, 07:59:03 PM

Uh, no. This will explain it.

 THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/birth.html)

Title: USAAC and USAAF
Post by: Mark Luper on January 24, 2007, 10:32:25 PM

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Originally posted by Toad
Uh, no. This will explain it.

 THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/birth.html)

I found that a facinating read Toad. Thanks for posting the link.

Mark