Here is where
the United States Air Forces were deployed in WWII

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1st Air Force |
Mitchell Field
Air Defense of Eastern USA and Air Force Training |
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2nd Air Force |
McChord Field, WA; Ft. George Wright, WA; Colorado
Springs, CO
Air Defense of Northwestern USA and Air Force Training |
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3rd Air Force |
MacDill Field, FL; Tampa, FL
Air Defense of Southeastern USA and Air Force Training |
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4th Air Force |
Hamilton Field, CA; San Francisco, CA
Air Defense of Southwestern USA and Air Force Training |
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5th Air Force |
Australia, New Guinea, Schouten Islands, Philippines,
Okinawa
Combat SW Pacific |
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6th Air Force |
Airbrook Field, Panama Canal Zone
Defense of the Panama Canal and Antisubmarine Operations |
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7th Air Force |
Hawaii, Saipan, Okinawa
Air Defense Hawaii, Combat Central/Western Pacific |
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8th Air Force |
England
Combat - European Theatre Operations |
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9th Air Force |
Egypt, England, France
Combat North Africa,
Tactical Airforce European Theatre of Operations - Troop Carrier |
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10th Air Force |
China, Burma, India
Combat China, Burma, India |
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11th Air Force |
Elmendorf Field, Alaska, Adak, Alaska
Combat Japan and Aleutians |
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12th Air Force |
England, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy
Combat North Africa, Mediterranean |
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13th Air Force |
New Caledonia, Espiritu Santo, Mexico, Guadalcanal,
Los Negros,
New Guinea, Noemfoor, Morotai, Philippines
Combat South Pacific, Southwest Pacific |
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14th Air Force |
Kunming, China; Peishiyi, China
Combat - Chine, Burma India |
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15th Air Force |
Italy, Tunisia
Combat European Theater Operations |
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20th Air Force |
Saipan, Guam, Tinian
Combat India, Burma, Western Pacific. |
U.S.
Army Air Force Casualties totaled 120,000, of whom 40,000 died in combat.
Another 15,000 died in training or in aircraft accidents in the United
States.
Aircraft losses were 65,200, one third of these were destroyed in crashes
in the United States.
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