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Disambiguation

Refers specifically to the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC), the aerial warfare branch of the U.S. Army from 1926–1941. NOT to be confused with the successor United States Army Air Forces (USAAF, 1941–1947) or the modern U.S. Air Force (established 1947).

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• United States Army Air Corps
  Wikipedia▎ high· 2026-05-14
  • Founded July 2, 1926, as renamed successor to Air Service
  • Became USAAF on June 20, 1941
  • Chief of Air Corps held senior leadership position
  • GHQ AF activated March 1, 1935, as operational combat arm
• Records of the Army Air Forces [AAF]
  U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)▎ high· 2026-05-14
  • Air Corps renamed to Air Forces on June 20, 1941
  • Official government archival records for military organization
  • Contains historical documentation of Air Corps and successor AAF
• The Air Force Investigation into UFOs
  Origins (Ohio State University)▎ high· 2026-05-14
  • Project Blue Book investigated 12,618 UFO sightings from 1947–1969
  • Project Sign was early investigation mechanism active through 1948
  • First UFO report to AAF intelligence dated July 12, 1947, from pilot Kenneth Arnold