United States Air Force

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United States Air Force
The Sky Jack on the failed Kyoto bomb run. (COMIC: Sky Jacks)
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The United States Air Force (also known as the US Air Force or USAF) was a branch of the military of the United States of America.

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During World War II, the US Air Force worked with the British Bomber Command in the strategic bombing of Germany. The effort was hampered by inaccuracy caused by high-altitude flying and its overall effectiveness was overestimated. (PROSE: A History of Humankind)

On 14 July 1945, Hans Baur, Adolf Hitler's pilot, gave his sworn testimony about the events of 30 April 1945 to the United States Air Force. (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass)

On 4 January 1969, a USAF base in High Racoon, Tennessee was attacked by the Jean-Pierre Rex. (PROSE: Revolution Man)

In July 1969, Doctor Shepherd, a USAF medical officer, was called by Ishem to investigate a Silent in a dwarf star alloy cell. He was fascinated by it but turned away, forgot what he had seen, and then asked Ishem why he had been called there. (TV: Day of the Moon)

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While flying low over Siberia in 2002, USAF pilot Andrew Jenkins and his crew became out-of-synch with time. The effect wore off, but chronic radiation was detected from them before they were fully realigned temporally. (PROSE: Time Zero)

James Edward Allen was a USAF test pilot who later became an astronaut. He led an expedition in 2003 to Mount Ararat, ostensibly to discover Noah's Ark. (PROSE: Eternity Weeps)