1. These units later formed the U . S . Army Strategic Air Force , Pacific. 2. Assigned to Northwest African Strategic Air Force during Invasion of Sicily and later Italy in 1943. 3. In July 1945, he became director of plans of the Strategic Air Force , Pacific Ocean Area, Guam. 4. Both flight and grounds crews received training principally by Strategic Air Forces Command 328, stationed at Bordeaux. 5. Myrhorod was one of three Ukraine installations operated by Headquarters, Eastern Command, United States Strategic Air Forces . 6. The second aircraft's commander was Major General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Staff of the Strategic Air Forces . 7. Piriatyn was one of three Ukraine installations operated by Headquarters, Eastern Command, United States Strategic Air Forces 8. He believed that tactical aircraft should only be used as a step to developing a strategic air force . 9. In January 1944, he became deputy director of operations, U . S . Strategic Air Forces in Europe. 10. On 1 November 1943, Fifteenth Air Force was established as a second American strategic air force in the European Theater.
