Talk:United States Army Air Forces

message: Sorry, but the USA Air Corps was NOT a "Corps Level" unit. Rather, the USAAC was what we call today an "Eschelon Above Corps" unit, or - more to the point, a Basic Branch equal with Infantry, Cavalry, etc. Actually, the USAAC was carved out of the Signal Corps after World War I. The senior officer of the AAC was known as the Branch Chief, and he was equal with the Chief of Infantry, the Chief of Cavalry, etc. What confused you was the fact that it was called the Air Corps, like the Signal Corps, the Quartermaster Corps, and the Transpoortation Corps. All of them are "Basic Branches".
SSG Cornelius Seon (Retired) 22:01, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The name USAAF was adopted in June 1941, and the 3 three autonomous U.S. Army Commands were created in March 1942, as you said. However, the US Air Force History Overview link on the USAF website doesn't support a connection between the two events, as the word "anticipation" would suggest. - BillCJ (talk) 16:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  USAAC/USAAF 

message: I've removed the image galleries for the WWII wings, groups, and squadrons.  There are WAY too many of them and most that were used were not the ones used in WWII.  As a compromise I've linked to the appropriate WikiCommons pages.  If one was ambitious enough a comprehensive list of wings, groups, and squadrons may be appropriate, however, even that may be too long. Ndunruh (talk) 02:11, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Concur. Moving them is appreciated. The compromise is sound, but there were 90+ wings, 243 groups and over 900 squadrons notable for inclusion. Keeping track of the squadrons, with all the changes in designations (number as well as type), would be a huge task in and of itself (and the size outlandish), but I doubt if that many insignia will be found. --Reedmalloy (talk) 10:15, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units Emblems 

message: What was the name for enlisted members of the USAAF?  Were they soldiers as in the U.S. Army, or were they airmen as in the US Air Force or what? Hmains (talk) 20:24, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The titles "airman" and "airmen" were not officially approved until 1950, after the USAF had been in being two years. Until then all enlisted men were referred to as "soldiers". However, in checking all of its usage in this article, "airmen" is a generic term to provide necessary distinction of members of the Army Air Forces from other soldiers in the Army (as example, those who replaced soldiers of the Army Service Forces to provide basic functions at airbases after March 1942: Non-aircraft related support services were provided by airmen trained by the Army Service Forces).--Reedmalloy (talk) 13:09, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: name for Enlisted Members

message: The Third Air Force protects Europe, not Southeast North America. I think that may need to be fixed...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Innereye1276 (talk • contribs) 20:35, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The areas of responsibility shown are those with the USAAF, during World War II when the insignia were created, not currently.--Reedmalloy (talk) 15:26, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Third Air Force link error? 

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