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 Dejo Dejo February 16, 2011 February 16, 2011 at 4:56:21 AM UTC link Permalink

@Nero, the problem with sentences from VOA is that they are in "special English". When you translate them too literally you get "dummed down German" which has no official status:)
I would say: "Aus dem Army Air Corps wurde 1918 die U.S. Air Force."

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The Army Air Corps, which became the U.S. Air Force, began in 1918.

added by CK, December 23, 2010
➜ #757200Die Ursprünge der Heeresflieger der Vereinigten Staaten, diese waren der Vorläufer der Luftstreitkräfte, lassen sich in das Jahr 1918 zurückverfolgen.

linked by Nero, February 16, 2011
➜ #840773La “Armea Aerkorpuso”, fondita en 1918, poste iĝis la Usona Aerarmeo.

linked by ondo, April 16, 2011
The Army Air Corps, which became the U.S. Air Force, began in 1928.

edited by CK, March 28, 2019