page_title: United States Army Air Corps
section_title: General Headquarters Air Force
hierarchical_section_title: United States Army Air Corps / Organization of the Air Corps / Army Air Corps, 1 March 1935 / General Headquarters Air Force
caption_attribution_description: English: P-26 in markings of the 34th Pursuit Squadron. Arjen Mulder
context_page_description: The United States Army Air Corps was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941. After World War I, as early aviation became an increasingly important part of modern warfare, a philosophical rift developed between more traditional ground-based army personnel and those who felt that aircraft were being underutilized and that air operations were being stifled for political reasons unrelated to their effectiveness. The USAAC was renamed from the earlier United States Army Air Service on 2 July 1926, and was part of the larger United States Army. The Air Corps became the United States Army Air Forces on 20 June 1941, giving it greater autonomy from the Army's middle-level command structure. During World War II, although not an administrative echelon, the Air Corps remained as one of the combat arms of the Army until 1947, when it was legally abolished by legislation establishing the Department of the Air Force.
context_section_description: (Maj. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, Langley Field, Virginia)
  21st Airship Group, Scott Field, Illinois
  9th Airship Squadron, Scott Field
  19th Airship Squadron, Langley Field
  1st Wing
  (Brig. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, March Field, California)
  7th Bombardment Group, Hamilton Field, California
  9th, 11th, & 31st Bombardment Squadrons
  17th Attack Group, March Field, California
  34th, 73d, & 95th Attack Squadrons
  19th Bombardment Group, March Field, California
  23d, 30th, 32d, & 72d Bombardment Squadrons (23d & 72d BS based in Hawaii)
  2nd Wing
  (Brig. Gen. H. Conger Pratt, Langley Field, Virginia)
  37th Attack Squadron (attached to 8th Pursuit Group)
  1st Pursuit Group, Selfridge Field, Michigan
  17th, 27th, & 94th Pursuit Squadrons
  2nd Bombardment Group, Langley Field, Virginia
  20th, 49th, 54th, and 96th Bombardment Squadrons (54th detached to Air Corps Tactical School)
  8th Pursuit Group, Langley Field, Virginia
  33d, 35th, & 36th Pursuit Squadrons (37th Attack Squadron attached)
  9th Bombardment Group, Mitchel Field, New York
  1st, 5th, 14th, & 99th Bombardment Squadrons
  3rd Wing
  (Col. Gerald C. Brant, Barksdale Field, Louisiana)
  3d Attack Group, Barksdale Field, Louisiana
  8th, 13th, & 90th Attack Squadrons (51st Attack Squadron detached to Air Corps Tactical School)
  20th Pursuit Group, Barksdale Field, Louisiana
  55th, 77th, & 79th Pursuit Squadrons (87th Pursuit Squadron detached to Air Corps Tactical School)
caption: Boeing P-26A Peashooter of 34th Pursuit Squadron, 17th PG 1934–1935
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