Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat itu apa sih?

Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat (, 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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