The XXII Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. It was last assigned to Second Air Force

Second Air Force

The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....

, based at Peterson Field

Peterson Field

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, Colorado

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. It was inactivated on 13 February 1945.

Lineage

• Constituted as XXII Bomber Command (Very Heavy) on 4 August 1944

Activated on 14 August

Disbanded on 13 February 1945.

Compoents

• 315th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy (Attached), c. 14 August-c. 7 December 1944
• 316th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy (Attached), c. 14 August-c. 7 December 1944

Operational history

Began organization for second B-29 Superfortress

B-29 Superfortress

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 Command in Pacific under Second Air Force

Second Air Force

The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....

. Wings attached but never permanently assigned. Organization never got beyond forming Headquarters echelon and Headquarters squadron. Inactivated before any operational groups assigned, as XX Bomber Command

XX Bomber Command

The XX Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Far East Air Forces, based on Okinawa. It was inactivated on July 16, 1945.- History:...

 units were reassigned from India

India

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 to the Marianas, eliminating need for command.

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