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500th Air Expeditionary Group and XXI Bomber Command

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Difference between 500th Air Expeditionary Group and XXI Bomber Command

500th Air Expeditionary Group vs. XXI Bomber Command

The 500th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit. The XXI Bomber Command (XXI BC) was a unit of the Twentieth Air Force in the Mariana Islands for strategic bombing during World War II.

Similarities between 500th Air Expeditionary Group and XXI Bomber Command

500th Air Expeditionary Group and XXI Bomber Command have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Chuuk Lagoon, Nagoya, Osaka, Saipan International Airport, Second Air Force, Twentieth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, 73d Air Division.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing, which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

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Chuuk Lagoon

Chuuk Lagoon, also previously known as Truk Lagoon, is a sheltered body of water in the central Pacific.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Saipan International Airport

Saipan International Airport, also known as Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, is a public airport located on Saipan Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Second Air Force

The Second Air Force (2 AF; 2d Air Force in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers.

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Twentieth Air Force

The Twentieth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (20 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. 20 AF's primary mission is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) operations. The Twentieth Air Force commander is also the Commander, Task Force 214 (TF 214), which provides alert ICBMs to the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). Established on 4 April 1944 at Washington D.C, 20 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force deployed to the Pacific Theater of World War II. Operating initially from bases in India and staging though bases in China, 20 AF conducted strategic bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands. It relocated to the Mariana Islands in late 1944, and continued the strategic bombardment campaign against Japan until the Japanese capitulation in August 1945. The 20 AF 509th Composite Group conducted the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945. Deactivated on 1 March 1955, the command was reactivated 1 September 1991, as a component of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) and became operationally responsible for all land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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73d Air Division

The 73d Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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500th Air Expeditionary Group and XXI Bomber Command Comparison

500th Air Expeditionary Group has 53 relations, while XXI Bomber Command has 90. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 6.29% = 9 / (53 + 90).

References

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