Twentieth Air Force

Numbered Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command, F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, United States Strategic Command
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-613-0-34553-2
Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller e.K.

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 221 g

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Twentieth Air Force (20 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at F.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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Surhone, Lambert M.

Timpledon, Miriam T.

Marseken, Susan F.