Army Air Forces

American  

noun

U.S. Army.

1. a unit comprising almost all aviation, with its personnel, equipment, etc.: it became part of the Air Force on July 26, 1947.

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Example Sentences

In the spring of 1943, the newly commissioned Capt. Glenn Miller was stationed in New Haven, Conn., where he was assembling what would become his last great band, the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra.

From The Wall Street Journal

Army Air Forces who had always looked out for her and kept her laughing during their difficult upbringing.

From Los Angeles Times

His father, Arnold, a World War II veteran who served in what was then called the United States Army Air Forces, liked the series.

From New York Times

Lear was attending Emerson College in Boston, with the intention of majoring in journalism, when he enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1942.

From Los Angeles Times

He enlisted in the Army Air Forces and was trained in meteorology at Caltech in Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times