20th Air Force

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The 20th Air Force was a United States Army Air Forces formation in World War II responsible for strategic bombing operations against Japan, primarily using B-29 Superfortress bombers from Pacific island bases.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
20th Air Force canonical 6
20th Air Force headquarters 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Numbered air force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces formation ⓘ
aircraftRole Strategic bomber ⓘ
aircraftType Very heavy bomber ⓘ
branch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
commandedBy United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
commandStructure Directly under Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
doctrine Strategic air power ⓘ
engagement Bombing of Kobe ⓘ
Bombing of Nagoya ⓘ
Bombing of Osaka ⓘ
Bombing of Tokyo ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo air raids
formedIn 1944 ⓘ
garrison Washington, D.C. ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance Pioneered large-scale strategic bombing from Pacific bases ⓘ
logisticsBase Mariana Islands bases ⓘ
linked to: Mariana Islands
nickname Twentieth Air Force ⓘ
notableAircraftModel B-29A Superfortress ⓘ
linked to: B-29 Superfortress
notableCommander Curtis E. LeMay ⓘ
linked to: Curtis LeMay

Henry H. Arnold ⓘ
linked to: Hap Arnold
operatedFrom Guam ⓘ
Mariana Islands ⓘ
Pacific island bases ⓘ
Saipan ⓘ
Tinian ⓘ
operation Firebombing of Japanese cities ⓘ
Strategic bombing campaign against Japan ⓘ
partOf United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
primaryMission Strategic bombing of Japan ⓘ
rangeCapability Intercontinental range with B-29 ⓘ
role Strategic bombing force ⓘ
scopeOfOperations Long-range bombing ⓘ
strategicObjective Destruction of Japanese war industry ⓘ
Undermining Japanese civilian morale ⓘ
subordinateUnit XX Bomber Command ⓘ
XXI Bomber Command ⓘ
targetCountry Japan ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater ⓘ
typeOfBombing High-altitude precision bombing ⓘ
Low-altitude incendiary bombing ⓘ
usedAircraft B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
usedWeaponType Conventional bombs ⓘ
Incendiary bombs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Tinian → usedBy → 20th Air Force ⓘ
Minuteman III → operator → 20th Air Force ⓘ
F.E. Warren Air Force Base → hostsUnit → 20th Air Force headquarters ⓘ
linked to: 20th Air Force
LGM-30G → usedBy → 20th Air Force ⓘ
Robert K. Morgan → militaryUnit → 20th Air Force ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Robert K. Morgan