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United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe

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121: 705: 115: 307: 49: 317:, the United States Army Air Forces in Europe began to demobilize. In May 1945, USSTAF consisted of about 17,000 aircraft and about 500,000 personnel. In Europe the aim was to maintain a small USAAF organization, exclusively for communication and transport purposes. On 7 August 1945, the United States Strategic Air Forces (USSTAF) was redesignated as the 157: 614: 221:
were separated—not without controversy and opposition—from actual operations commands in direct control of air forces on 23 February 1944. The new command was organized on the large nucleus of Eighth Air Force planning staff members, thereby creating the USSTAF—at which time the USSTAF was also given
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With the in-depth Allied contacts and overall responsibility directly affecting the strategic bombing of industrial regions of Germany the Eighth's planning and intelligence staffs were the natural best choice to assert overall coordinated control with the
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on 22 February 1944. The strategic planning command staff of what had formerly been the Eighth Air Force became a higher echelon command coordinating with the British in the target prioritization of the
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as Supreme Allied Commander. Subsequently, the strategic bombing effort's intelligence, targeting and planning, co-ordination, including mission designation
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of the Axis. In this expanded role, USSTAF exercised operational control of the reorganized Eighth Air Force, administrative control of the
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mission planning control over other US Air Forces opposing Germany and Italy, and shrinking the man-power assigned to the Eighth Air Force.
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Air intelligence summary, w/e 18 June 1944. (Quoted in Trident Scholar report. US Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1994.)
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There is some difference of opinion about the USSTAF insignia/emblem. Most sources state the letters stand for
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Beginning in March 1944, Air Service Command, USSTAF progressively took over all base service functions.
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Eighth Strategic (Provisional) (later, VIII Air Force Service Command): 9 November 1943 – 20 July 1945
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did away with its base air depot area and on 17 May transferred its most important installations (
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Air Service Command, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (Major General Hugh J. Knerr)
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The USSTAF was established with the redesignation of the former VIII Bomber Command as the
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USSTAF had started as the Eighth Air Force, a complementary command to that of the smaller
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VIII Ground Air Support (later, VIII Air Support): 28 August 1942 – 1 December 1943
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Overall command authority of the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe during World War II
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was brought under the command of the newly redesignated Eighth Air Force, while
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Area of operations, United States Strategic and Tactical Air Forces 1944–1945
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VIII Troop Carrier: c. July 1942-16 October 1943 (detached entire period)
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See Frederick A. Johnsen, Captured Eagles: Secrets of the Luftwaffe, 71.
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Air Disarmament (Provisional): 15 September 1944 – 1 February 1945
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1st Fighter Division (Provisional): c. June 1943-13 November 1943
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Office of Air Force History (1983) . Maurer, Maurer (ed.).
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Index

United States Strategic Air Forces
United States Air Forces in Europe

United States of America
United States Army Air Forces


General
Carl Spaatz

United States Army Air Forces
United States Army Air Forces
European theater of World War II
Ninth Air Force
Twelfth Air Force
Fifteenth Air Forces
VIII Bomber Command
D-Day
Operation Overlord
General
Dwight D. Eisenhower
command and control
Eighth Air Force
strategic bombing
Ninth Air Force
European Theater of Operations
Twelfth
Fifteenth Air Forces
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
VIII Fighter Command

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