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While the European nations involved in World War I had created separate air forces, the U.S. Air Service remained as part of the Army. On July 2, 1926, the Air Corps Act redesignated the Air Service as the Army Air Corps, and in 1935, all Air Corps units fell under the command of General Headquarters Air Force.

Edward V. Rickenbacker was the American “Ace of Aces” in World War I.

D efending the S kies : T he A ir F orce

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