Seventy-five years ago and as the nation rebounded from World War II, the United States Air Force was created.
It was, according to many military and aviation observers, a necessity for a new era of national defense.
U.S. Air Force Marks 75 Years: 5 Things To Know
In the wake of WWII, the Department of the Air Force became a stand-alone service on September 18, 1947, created by the National Security Act signed into law by President Harry Truman.
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