Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1942, rundunar ta fara maye gurbin F-2s tare da jiragen sama masu nisa, gami da Lockheed A-29 Hudson, kuma na ɗan gajeren lokaci wasu Douglas F-3 Havocs. Amfani da waɗannan jiragen sama ya haɗa da turawa a cikin 1942 da 1943 don yin ayyukan taswira a Kudancin Amurka don tallafawa aikin duniya na 1st Group. A cikin Janairu 1944, rundunar ta koma Peterson Field, Colorado, inda ta shiga hedkwatar rukuni na 1, wanda ya koma can a watan da ya gabata. A Colorado, rundunar ta canza zuwa Liberators har ma da nisa, ta tashi da F-7 reconnaissance da kuma B-24 masu fashewa masu nauyi na jirgin sama. Daga Yuni zuwa Satumba 1944, rundunar ta tashi a cikin manyan ayyuka a kan tsibirin Kuril na Japan a Arewacin Pacific. Tare da Boeing B-29 Superfortress kai hari a kan
Yawata's Imperial Iron and Steel Works a wannan watan, waɗannan sune wasu daga cikin jiragen farko a kan Japan tun lokacin da Doolittle Raid na Afrilu 1942.