Twentieth Air Force

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Numbered air force Strategic bombing force United States Army Air Forces formation

Twentieth Air Force was a major World War II strategic bombing formation of the United States Army Air Forces, best known for its B-29 Superfortress operations against Japan, including the atomic bomb missions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
XXI Bomber Command	2
Twentieth Air Force (United States Air Force)	1
United States Army Strategic Air Forces	1
XX Bomber Command	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Numbered air force ⓘ Strategic bombing force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces formation ⓘ
aircraftType	Very heavy bomber units ⓘ
aircraftUsed	B-29 Superfortress ⓘ surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
baseOfOperations	Chengtu area airfields in China ⓘ Guam ⓘ Mariana Islands ⓘ Saipan ⓘ Tinian ⓘ
branch	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
commander	Hap Arnold ⓘ surface form: General Henry H. Arnold Curtis LeMay ⓘ surface form: Major General Curtis E. LeMay
conflict	World War II ⓘ
controlledDirectlyBy	General Headquarters Air Force (GHQ Air Force) ⓘ surface form: General Headquarters Army Air Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ surface form: United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
country	United States of America ⓘ
distinctiveFeature	Direct command by General Henry H. Arnold ⓘ Primary user of B-29 Superfortress in Pacific strategic bombing ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C. (wartime administrative control)
historicalSignificance	Conducted majority of strategic bombing of Japan in World War II ⓘ Oversaw units that dropped the first atomic bombs in warfare ⓘ
missionType	Firebombing raids on Japanese cities ⓘ Mining operations against Japanese shipping ⓘ Strategic bombing of Japanese home islands ⓘ
notableFor	Atomic bomb missions against Japan ⓘ B-29 Superfortress operations against Japan ⓘ
operation	atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ surface form: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ surface form: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki Allied strategic bombing of Japan ⓘ surface form: Firebombing of Tokyo Operation Matterhorn ⓘ
partOf	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
role	Strategic bombing ⓘ
strategicObjective	Destruction of Japanese war industry ⓘ Undermining Japanese civilian morale ⓘ
subordinateUnit	Twentieth Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: XX Bomber Command XXI Bomber Command ⓘ
successor	Twentieth Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Twentieth Air Force (United States Air Force)
target	Japanese industrial centers ⓘ Japanese transportation networks ⓘ Japanese urban areas ⓘ
theater	China Burma India Theater ⓘ surface form: China-Burma-India Theater Marianas-based operations against Japan ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater
timePeriod	1944–1945 (World War II combat operations) ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Meetinghouse → airForceUnit → Twentieth Air Force ⓘ

United States Army Air Forces → component → Twentieth Air Force ⓘ

Operation Meetinghouse → conductedBy → Twentieth Air Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: XXI Bomber Command

Allied strategic bombing of Japan → mainForce → Twentieth Air Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: XXI Bomber Command

509th Composite Group → partOf → Twentieth Air Force ⓘ

509th Composite Group → planningAuthority → Twentieth Air Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Army Strategic Air Forces

Twentieth Air Force → subordinateUnit → Twentieth Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: XX Bomber Command

Twentieth Air Force → successor → Twentieth Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twentieth Air Force (United States Air Force)

Invasion of Tinian → usedBy → Twentieth Air Force ⓘ