Happy 75th birthday to the @usairforce !

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1. 3 Cheers to the USN. I have a nephew that is a Sr. Weapons Officier on a US Destroyer.

Air/Sea/Land - No one does it like the USN.

[LeftInTX]

2. This is about the USAF - 75 years old today!!

Air Force Brat!!!!!!

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3. Sorry, love them, too.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This makes me smile

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[PortTack]

5. B4 they became the UAF they were the AAF (army Air Force) had 2 uncles that served in the AAF

In WWII. One was a Sargent in a weather sq. The other was a pilot that following the war worked for Boeing. With his education as an engineer and his experience as a pilot, he was given a lead position on the team that invented refueling in air.

Very proud of both of them

[Tetrachloride]

6. I have a relative who was an instructor in the refueling area, modern era.

[PortTack]

16. Interesting!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. Flyboys don't get paid more, just faster.

[Emile]

8. Wow, I'm more surprised the Air Force is only 75 years old.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Before then it was the Army Air Force established in 1941.

Then in WWI there was something called the Army Air Service.

So the military was flying airplanes before 1947.

[Emile]

12. I knew we were flying airplanes in WW1, that's why I was surprised.

[Irish_Dem]

13. The US Army started flying planes around 1907.

For relatively minor military operations.

Then in WWI the Army Air Corps was flying in combat situations, mostly reconnaissance.
Flying over the trenches in France to determine troop movements.

When WWII broke out, it because the Army Air Force.
Air power was a serious part of the war effort.

And then after the war, the Air Force became its own branch of the service.

So my Dad who was career Air Force, originally was Army-Air Force at the beginning of WWII.
But then was Air Force.

Originally he wore an Army uniform and we thought those pictures were so odd.
We were used to him in strictly Air Force gear.

[Emile]

14. My Uncle was in Air Force intelligence and

retired after 30 years of service. He fought in WW2, Korea and Vietnam. He is 98 years old and still alive.

[Irish_Dem]

15. My father flew combat in three wars, WWII, Korea and Viet Nam too.

My father is deceased.

Wow so impressive that your uncle is still alive.

I hope he doesn't have to hear how the US has gone all Nazi these days.

[Hortensis]

9. "Only" 75? Keep getting reminded we haven't been flying long at all. nt

[Irish_Dem]

11. My Dad was career Air Force, but when he first joined it was the Army Air Force.

So he was in the Army at the beginning of WWII.

We have a picture of him back then, in an Army uniform.
Before he was married or had children.

When we were young we got quite a kick out of seeing our Dad in that picture wearing an army uniform.
Dad in the Army. We couldn't wrap out heads around that one.

So then after the war it became its own branch of the service and he
wore an Air Force uniform, the kind we were used to seeing.