Back United States Army Air Forces Afrikaans القوات الجوية لجيش الولايات المتحدة Arabic Fuercies Aérees del Exércitu de los Estaos Xuníos AST ABŞ Ordusu Hava Korpusu Azerbaijani United States Army Air Forces Breton Forces Aèries de l'Exèrcit dels Estats Units Catalan United States Army Air Forces Czech United States Army Air Forces German United States Army Air Forces English Fuerzas Aéreas del Ejército de Estados Unidos Spanish
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II. It was the direct precursor to the United States Air Force, established in 1947. At its peak strength in 1944, the USAAF had over 2.4 million men and women in service, nearly 80,000 aircraft and 783 permanent bases, and operated from more than 2,000 airfields worldwide.