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XX Bomber Command and XXI Bomber Command

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Difference between XX Bomber Command and XXI Bomber Command

XX Bomber Command vs. XXI Bomber Command

The XX Bomber Command is an inactive 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 XX Bomber Command and XXI Bomber Command

XX Bomber Command and XXI Bomber Command have 20 things in common (in Unionpedia): Curtis LeMay, Doolittle Raid, Haywood S. Hansell, Henry H. Arnold, Honshu, Mariana Islands, Operation Matterhorn, Second Air Force, Twentieth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, 40th Air Expeditionary Wing, 444th Air Expeditionary Wing, 462d Air Expeditionary Group, 468th Bombardment Group, 497th Bombardment Group, 498th Nuclear Systems Wing, 499th Air Refueling Wing, 500th Air Expeditionary Group, 58th Air Division, 73d Air Division.

Curtis LeMay

Curtis LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election.

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Doolittle Raid

The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, on Saturday, April 18, 1942, was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu during World War II, the first air operation to strike the Japanese Home Islands.

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Haywood S. Hansell

Haywood Shepherd Hansell Jr. (September 28, 1903 – November 14, 1988) was a general officer in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II, and later the United States Air Force.

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Henry H. Arnold

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the grades of General of the Army and General of the Air Force.

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Honshu

Honshu is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.

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Mariana Islands

The Mariana Islands (also the Marianas) are a crescent-shaped archipelago comprising the summits of fifteen mostly dormant volcanic mountains in the western North Pacific Ocean, between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east.

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Operation Matterhorn

Operation Matterhorn was a military operation of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II for the strategic bombing of Japanese forces by B-29 Superfortresses based in India and China.

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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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40th Air Expeditionary Wing

The United States Air Force's 40th Air Expeditionary Wing (40 AEW) was an Air expeditionary unit located at Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, from 2001 to c. 2006.

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444th Air Expeditionary Wing

The 444th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed.

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462d Air Expeditionary Group

The 462d Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force.

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468th Bombardment Group

The 468th Bombardment Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization.

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497th Bombardment Group

The 497th Bombardment Group was a group of the United States Army Air Forces.

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498th Nuclear Systems Wing

The 498th Nuclear Systems Wing (498 NSW) was a wing of the United States Air Force based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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499th Air Refueling Wing

The 499th Air Refueling Wing is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) unit that was last active at Westover AFB, Massachusetts in June 1966.

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500th Air Expeditionary Group

The 500th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

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58th Air Division

The 58th Air Division (58th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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73d Air Division

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

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XX Bomber Command and XXI Bomber Command Comparison

XX Bomber Command has 56 relations, while XXI Bomber Command has 90. As they have in common 20, the Jaccard index is 13.70% = 20 / (56 + 90).

References

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