| Plate V: U.S. Army Air Forces and Elite
Units |
 Army Air Forces 1937 — 1942 |
 Army Air Forces 1942 — 1947 |
 1st Air Force (NE Continental U.S.) |
 2nd Air Force (NW Continental U.S.) |
 3rd Air Force (SE Continental U.S.) |
 4th Air Force (SW Continental U.S.) |
 5th Air Force (Far East AF) |
 6th Air Force (Caribbean AF) |
 7th Air Force (Pacific AF) |
 8th Air Force (European Theater) |
 9th Air Force (Middle East AF) |
 10th Air Force C-B-I Theater) |
 11th Air Force (North Pacific Theater) |
 12th Air Force (Mediterranean Theater) |
 13th Air Force (SW Pacific Theater) |
 14th Air Force (China Air Task Force) |
 15th Air Force (Euro-African Theater) |
 20th Air Force (Washington, DC) (Japan Strategic Offensive) |
 Strategic Air Force (European Strategic Offensive) |
 Mediterranean Allied Air Force (USAAF and RAF) | ||
(This list is representative of elite units and is not exhaustive or complete.)
 1st Special Service Force |
 442d Regimental Combat Team |
 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) |
 Amphibious Combat Engineers |
 Combined Operations Army Amphibious Units |
 Tank Destroyer Units |
 Bomb Disposal Personnel | |
 Rangers |
 Rangers |
 Rangers |
 Rangers |