February 1942 - August 1945

5th (formerly FEAF)

5 Feb 1942

6th (formerly Panama Canal AF)

5 Feb 1942

7th (formerly Hawaiian AF)

5 Feb 1942

10th (India, Burma, Thailand, Bay of Bengal)

12 Feb 1942

11th (formerly Alaskan AF)

5 Feb 1942

13th (Solomons and Brunswick Archipelago)

13 Jan 1943

14th (South-east/Central China/Burma)

10 Mar 1943

20th (India-Burma-West Pacific)

4 Apr 1944

Establishment dates of the US air forces that took part in the Second World War in Europe

8th (deployed to ETO, 1942)

28 Jan 1942

9th (as Middle East AF, ETO from Oct 1943)

8 Apr 1942

12th (Italy)

20 Aug 1942

15th (Italy)

1 Nov 1943

US Strategic AFs in Europe

22 Feb 1944

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