us army air corps became the us air force on 1 march 1935.
us army air corps became the us air force on 1 march 1935.
when did the us army air corps become the us air force?
1 march 1935
bullet::::- u.s. army air corps  2 july 1926 – 20 june 1941*









































bullet::::- u.s. army air forces  20 june 1941 – 18 september 1947*









































bullet::::- united states air force  18 september 1947–present









































* the air corps became a subordinate component of the army air forces on 20 june 1941, and was abolished as an administrative organization on 9 march 1942. it continued to exist as one of the combat arms of the army (along with infantry, cavalry, artillery, corps of engineers and signal corps) until abolished by reorganization provisions of the national security act of 1947 (61 "stat". 495), 26 july 1947.









































section::::see also.
united states army air corps
another discontinued commissioning program is the air force's aviation cadet program. originally created by the us army signal corps in 1907 to train pilots for its then-fledgling aviation program, it was later used by the subsequent us army air service, us army air corps and us army air forces to train pilots, navigators, bombardiers and observers through world war i, the interwar period, world war ii, and the immediate postwar period between september 1945 and september 1947. with the establishment of the us air force as an independent service in september 1947, it then became a source for usaf pilots and navigators. cadets had to be between the ages of 19 and 25 and possess either at least two years of college/university level education or three years of a scientific or technical education. in its final iteration, cadets received the pay of enlisted pay grade e-5 and were required to complete all pre-commissioning training and flight training before receiving their wings as pilots or navigators and their commissions as 2nd lieutenants on active duty in the us air force reserve on the same day. aviation cadets were later offered the opportunity to apply for a commission in the regular air force and attend a college or university to complete a 4-year degree. as the air force's afrotc and ots programs began to grow, and with the air force's desire for a 100% college-degreed officer corps, the aviation cadet program was slowly phased out. the last aviation cadet pilot graduated in october 1961 and the last aviation cadet navigators in 1965. by the 1990s, the last of these officers had retired from the active duty regular air force, the air force reserve and the air national guard.
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