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This episode provides a historical update on the Air Force Academy, focusing on the establishment of the Air Service as a separate branch of the Army in 1918.

This is your official Air Force Academy History Update for the Week of May 24th through the 30th — This week, back in 1918 — President Woodrow Wilson signs an executive order making the Air Service its own branch of the United States Army. The organization, which would eventually become […]

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