Arnold's most widely used nickname, "Hap", was short for "Happy", attributed variously to work associates when he moonlighted as a silent film stunt pilot in October 1911, [3][4] or to his …

On May 7, 1949 Hap Arnold was appointed the first general of the Air Force, five-star rank, by the U.S. Congress. He died at his ranch home, Valley of the Moon, near Sonoma, Calif., Jan. 15, …

Henry Harley Arnold (born June 25, 1886, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died January 15, 1950, Sonoma, California) was an air strategist, commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces in …

Mar 10, 2021 · In the early days of aviation, when technology was still primitive and pilots were learning on the fly, Henry “Hap” Arnold —the man who would become an aviation pioneer, one …

Henry “Hap” Arnold was a United States general.Arnold was born in Gladwyne, PA, in 1886. He attended the United States Military Academy, and was personally instructed by the Wright …

From 1938 to 1946, as the first Commanding General of the US Army Air Forces—the largest, most powerful air armada that has ever been assembled—Henry Harley “Hap” Arnold fought …

General Henry Harley 'Hap' Arnold (1886-1950) was the most senior American airman of the Second World War, and a dedicated believer in the power of strategic bombing.

Dec 13, 2024 · Arnold not only advocated and supervised the strategic bombing of Germany, he created the Twentieth Air Force in April 1944 to carry out the strategic bombing of Japan. …

Arnold was an aviation pioneer and the Chief of the United States Army Air Corps (from 1938), the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces (from 1941 until 1945), and the only ever …

Nov 21, 2019 · President Truman made Arnold General of the Air Force. Arnold is the only Airman to hold that rank and the only five-sta general to serve in two services at a five-star rank. O