There was no Air Force until 1947. It was the Army Air Corps. They had all air assets and over 2 million men.
You think you knew something but you didn’t. Everyone knows it is the Army Air Corps; however, the AAF was segment into Air Forces such as the 8th Air Force.
Well, I guess you didn’t know as much as you thought you did.
True, it was the Army Air Corps, then the Army Air Force, then the Air Force.
I’m not sure what year it went from the AAC to the AAF, but as you said the Air Force became it’s own branch in 1947.