William, I have many different items of my fathers, and yes I can see where the confusion could occur. When my father enlisted in January of 1941, he was in the Army Air Corps. Many items of his show that in the letter head or on his ID's. He also has some things that say Air Force on them. Also, on his immunization record it is stamped: "Paul H. Gibson, Lt. Air Corps, 18 Jul 1946" So I guess the Army didn't even know what they were called back then. adios, -Gary

*The U.S. Air Force is Established* On September 16, 1947, the United States Air Force was established a separate and equal element of the United States armed forces. The fledging Air Force quickly established it's own identity. Army Air Fields were renamed Air Force Bases and personnel were soon being issued a sassy new uniform. The "brown shoe days," were over. Organization remained pretty much the same as the Strategic Air Command, Tactical Air Command and Air Defense Command were still it's combat arms. The group organization carried over from World War II remained in place. During the Spring, SAC headquarters became ambitious and began a large expansion. On July 1, 1947, seven new Bomb Groups were activated at Andrews Field. That is, they were established on paper. But there were not enough aircraft and personnel for them to become operational. Only two of the groups received B-29s. On September 24, 1947, the 2nd Bomb Group<http://www.strategic-air-command.com/Wings/0002bw.htm>moved to Davis-Monthan in Arizona and the 98th Bombardment Group <http://www.strategic-air-command.com/Wings/0098bw.htm> to Spokane, Washington. The other five groups were nothing more than "paper tigers." They were the 44th, 90th, 303rd, 305 and 306th. They remained at Andrews - unmanned and unequipped until September 6, 1948, when they were deactivated. The only group to survive this fate was the 306th Bombardment Group <http://www.strategic-air-command.com/Wings/0306bw.htm> which moved to MacDill in August of 1948. It soon received the B-29 Superfortress.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marie_von_ebnereschenbac.html> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 4:58 PM, <Garyth50@aol.com> wrote: > William, > > I have many different items of my fathers, and yes I can see where the > confusion could occur. > > When my father enlisted in January of 1941, he was in the Army Air Corps. > Many items of his show that in the letter head or on his ID's. He also > has some things that say Air Force on them. Also, on his immunization > record > it is stamped: > > "Paul H. Gibson, Lt. Air Corps, 18 Jul 1946" > > So I guess the Army didn't even know what they were called back then. > > adios, > > -Gary > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAINDIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My late husband, Ralph Gibson was in World War II. He always said that he was in the Army Air Force. He served in Iceland and helped to build an air field there. Elizabeth Gibson On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:58:19 EDT Garyth50@aol.com wrote: > William, > > I have many different items of my fathers, and yes I can >see where the > confusion could occur. > > When my father enlisted in January of 1941, he was in >the Army Air Corps. > Many items of his show that in the letter head or on his > ID's. He also > has some things that say Air Force on them. Also, on > his immunization record > it is stamped: > > "Paul H. Gibson, Lt. Air Corps, 18 Jul 1946" > > So I guess the Army didn't even know what they were >called back then. > > adios, > > -Gary > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PAINDIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message