==World War II=====Reorganization, autonomy, and strategic plans===The division of authority between the Air Corps and the GHQ Air Force was removed with promulgation of Army Regulation 95-5, creating the United States Army Air Forces on June 20, 1941, only two days before Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.
23. decembra 1935 je novi načelnik Generalštaba Kopenske vojske ZDA general Malin Craig poklical Arnolda v Washington.