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Eighth Air Force

numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)
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Summary

Eighth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of numbered_air_force entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (448 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eighth Air Force is in the country of United States[3].
  • Eighth Air Force's instance of is recorded as Numbered Air Force[4].
  • Eighth Air Force's coat of arms image is recorded as Eighth Air Force - Emblem.png[5].
  • Eighth Air Force's location is recorded as Barksdale Air Force Base[6].
  • +1942-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Eighth Air Force[7].
  • Eighth Air Force's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[8].
  • Eighth Air Force's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02cnfp[9].
  • Eighth Air Force's Internet Archive ID is recorded as gov.archives.arc.63894[10].
  • Eighth Air Force's official website is recorded as https://www.8af.af.mil/[11].
  • Eighth Air Force's Quora topic ID is recorded as Eighth-Air-Force[12].

Why It Matters

Eighth Air Force ranks in the top 6% of numbered_air_force entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (448 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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