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The Army Air Corps were the U.S. military service dedicated to aerial warfare between 1926 and 1941. It coalesced as aviation evolved from a component of ground-based infantry tactics into its own branch of the military.
Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces [e] and the fourth in order of precedence.
U.S. Army Air Corps (2 July 1926 – 20 June 1941) [a] U.S. Army Air Forces (20 June 1941 – 17 September 1947) [b] World War I and between wars. U.S. aircraft cockade, or roundel, of late World War I. World War I.
The Army Air Forces was formed in 1941, from the Army Air Corps, in response to the growing structure and mission that Army aviators were playing and the need for a more independent...
A Proud Past. Part I – The Origins of U. S. Army Aviation. Army Aviation traces its origins back to the American Civil War. Both Union and Confederate forces used hydrogen-filled balloons to direct artillery fire, marking the beginning of U. S. military aeronautics and aerial support of Army ground forces.
Two years after World War II, the Army Air Forces separated from the army to become the United States Air Force in September 1947. In 1948, the army was desegregated by order 9981 of President Harry S. Truman .
Army Air Corps may refer to the following army aviation corps: Army Air Corps (United Kingdom), the army aviation element of the British Army. Philippine Army Air Corps (1935–1941) United States Army Air Corps (1926–1942), or its predecessors or successors.
