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This Day in History:
June 20, 1941

Army Air Force established - June 20, 1941 - Army Regulation 95-5 created the USAAF, with the USAAC and GHQ-AF as its principal parts, but GHQ was dissolved 3/9/42. The Air Corps became a subordinate element of the AAF and continued to exist as a combat arm of the Army until 1947.