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As the wartime Army Air Forces demobilized in 1945 and 1946, inactivated unit designations were allotted and transferred to various State and Territorial Air National Guard bureaus to provide them unit designations to re-establish them as Air National Guard units.
The Air National Guard became the Reserve Component of the United States Air Force on September 18, 1947, when the Air Force broke from the U.S. Army to become a separate military service. Before 1947, the National Guard aviation units were part of the U.S. Army Air Forces.
In November 1915, Captain Raynal Cawthorne Bolling organized and took command of a unit that became the 1st Aero Company, New York National Guard. It is recognized as the ANG's oldest unit and its lineage is carried by the 102d Rescue Squadron, New York ANG.
Air National Guard History. On November 1, 1915, the Guard’s first genuine aviation unit was established. That outfit, known today as the 102d Rescue Squadron, New York Air National Guard (ANG), is recognized as the ANG’s oldest unit. During World War I, the few existing Guard air units disbanded.
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Major General John J. Pesch was the Director of the Air National Guard from 20 April 1974 to 31 January 1977. He was a combat pilot with the Eighth Air Force in Europe during World War Two. In 1947, he became a charter member of the Maine Air National Guard's 132d Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
May 27, 2015 · By act of Congress, the Army Air Service became the Army Air Corps. The Air Corps was required to assist and support National Guard aviation units including training them.7 2 July 1926. As proposed by the Militia Bureau, the Air Corps Act permitted National Guard aviators to meet their flight requirements on armory drill
In 1947, the Army Air Corps officially became a separate branch of military service as the Unites States Air Force. As part of the 1947 National Security Act passed by Congress, the Air National Guard was officially recognized as a separate service within the National Guard structure.
