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Established as Twentieth Air Force, and activated on April 4, 1944, at Washington, D.C..
Assigned to United States Army Air Forces with assignment to U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces.
Moved to Harmon Field, Guam, Mariana Islands, in July 1945
Assigned to Pacific Air Command, U.S. Army, (later Far East Air Forces), on December 6, 1945.
Moved without personnel or equipment to Kadena AB, Okinawa, on May 16, 1949.
Inactivated on March 1, 1955.
Other Memories He was designated Deputy Commander of the Twentieth Air Force, under the command of General Arnold. Under his command, the B-29 Superfortress strategic bomber began their bombardment of Japan from the Marianas, and the Air Forces in the area was reorganized.
