Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat

Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Lambang Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat
Aktif1941–1947
Negara Amerika Serikat
Cabang Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Tipe unitAngkatan udara
PeranPeperangan udara
Jumlah personel2.4 juta anggota (Maret 1944)
80,000 pesawat (Juli 1944)
Bagian dariDepartemen Perang
MarkasMunitions Building, Washington, D.C., (1941–1942)
The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, (1943–1947)
Dibubarkan18 September 1947
Tokoh
Tokoh berjasaJen. Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold, (1941–1946)
Jen. Carl Spaatz, (1946–1947)

Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat (Inggris: United States Army Air Forces, disingkat USAAF atau AAF) adalah pelayanan penerbangan militer Amerika Serikat pada saat dan setelah Perang Dunia II, pengganti dari Korps Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat dan pendahulu langsung dari Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat. AAF adalah sebuah komponen dari Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat, yang pada 1942 berdasarkan fungsinya dibagi menurut rangka eksekutif dalam tiga pasukan otonomi Pasukan Bawah Tanah Angkatan Darat, Pelayanan Suplai (yang pada 1943 menjadi Pasukan Pelayanan Angkatan Darat), dan Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat. Setiap pasukan tersebut memiliki seorang jenderal komando yang secara langsung melapor kepada Ketua Staf Angkatan Darat.

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Pranala luar

Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai United States Army Air Forces.
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Didahului oleh:
Korps Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
1941–1947
Diteruskan oleh:
Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat