In practice, the Army Air Forces became virtually independent of the Army during World War II, but its leaders wanted…
President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the lead, calling for a vastly enlarged air force based on long-range strategic bombing. Organizationally…
With the stroke of a pen, President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 on Sept. 18,…
It is never too early to start celebrating a major milestone, which explains why the U.S. Air Force and Department…