Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1942, squadron yakatanga kutsiva F-2s yayo nendege refu, kusanganisira Lockheed A-29 Hudson, uye kwenguva pfupi mamwe maDouglas F-3 Havocs. Kushandiswa kwayo ndege idzi zvaisanganisira deployments muna 1942 uye 1943 kuita mapping mishoni kuSouth America kutsigira 1st Group kuti pose basa. Muna January 1944, boka racho rakatamira kuPeterson Field, Colorado, uko rakabatana ne1st Group headquarters, iyo yakanga yatamira ikoko mwedzi wapfuura. MuColorado, boka racho rakashandurwa kuva Liberators akareba zvikuru, achibhururuka zvose zviri zviviri F-7 reconnaissance uye B-24 heavy bomber shanduro dzendege. Kubvira muna June kusvika muna September 1944, chikwata ichi chakaita mabasa akareba pamusoro peJapan Kuril Islands iri kuNorth Pacific. Pamwe chete neBoeing B-29 Superfortress yakadenha paYawata's Imperial Iron and Steel Works
mumwedzi iwoyo, idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri dzimwe dzendege dzokutanga pamusoro peJapan kubvira paDoolittle Raid yaApril 1942.