AIM HIGH

🥳 Today we celebrate the 79th birthday of the US Air Force! ✈️ On September 18, 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Air Force as a separate service equal to the Army and Navy. What was the Air Force called before becoming its own branch of service? 🎂 (Scroll down for the answer!)

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AIM HIGH: Answer

🛩️ From 1907-1918, the initial aviation segment of the military was the Aeronautical Division, US Signal Corps. The branch became the US Air Service in 1918 and was renamed the US Army Air Corps in 1926. In World War II, the air segment of the US Army was called the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) before becoming the US Air Force in 1947. 🫡