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United States Army Air Corps

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  1. (USAAC) was the predecessor of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) from 1926-41, which in turn was the forerunner of today's U.S. Air Force (USAF), established in 1947

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  2. Although abolished as an organization in 1941, it existed as a branch subordinate to the USAAF from 1941-47

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  3. The Air Corps was created from the Air Service in 1926 largely as a compromise between advocates of a separate air arm and those of the command structure of the United States Army who viewed the aviation arm as an auxiliary branch to support the grou

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  4. Members worked to promote the concept of airpower between 1926 and 1941, but as a branch of the Army similar to the Signal Corps or Quartermaster Corps, its primary purpose within that period remained support of ground forces rather than independent

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  5. Today, the Army maintains an Aviation Branch as a subordinate element fulfilling some roles of ground force support, although it is unrelated to the original USAAC

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