5-567: AEAF may refer to: Allied Expeditionary Air Force , an expeditionary air force during World War II Angola Educational Assistance Fund , a Boston-based non-profit organization working with the Catholic University of Angola Australian Effects & Animation Festival , a festival of visual effects held in Sydney, Australia AEAF Awards Australian Experimental Art Foundation,
10-596: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Allied Expeditionary Air Force The Allied Expeditionary Air Force ( AEAF ), also known as the Allied Armies’ Expeditionary Air Force ( AAEAF ), was the expeditionary warfare component of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) which controlled the tactical air power of
15-606: The Allied forces during Operation Overlord during World War II in 1944. Its effectiveness was less than optimal on two counts. It did not function as the controlling headquarters for all Allied air forces, with the strategic forces of RAF Bomber Command and the US Eighth Air Force being retained by their national command authorities until pressure from U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower resulted in them being placed directly under SHAEF instead of AEAF. Its commander
20-566: The former name of ACE Open , an arts organisation in Adelaide, South Australia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title AEAF . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AEAF&oldid=1101584134 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-638: Was also not universally liked. Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory was regarded by some as being too inept for his place in the high command. It had two major components, the RAF Second Tactical Air Force and the USAAF Ninth Air Force . Each supported their own nation's Army Group. It also had operational control of the Air Defence of Great Britain , but with that organisation not being under the control of SHAEF. AEAF
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