Today in History – September 26, 1947 – Personnel, Bases and Material are transferred from the Army to the USAF. (1)
26 September 1947 – The United States Air Force became a separate military service on 18 September 1947 with the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947. The Army Air Forces were abolished by Transfer Order 1, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 26 September 1947, implementing the same provisions. Transfer Order 1 was