Today marks 71 years since the Doolittle Raid on Japan conducted by Lt. Col. “Jimmy” Doolittle and 79 other volunteers. The Doolittle raiders launched B-25 Mitchell bombers from the deck …
One of the untold stories of early jet aviation is about the four Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star fighters that reached Europe as early as January 1945. German jets, in particular …
Hans Guido Mutke loomed larger than life, say those who knew him. A very experienced but very junior German military pilot, Mutke flew the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) jet …
Airmen from bases in the United States are bolstering U.S. visibility in South Korea at a time when tensions on the Korean peninsula seem to be rising.
In what’s called …
“We knew the German jets were faster than we were. Instead of going directly after them, we went away from them and then turned into their blind spots.”
In a …
How the uniformed services and other major U.S. government agencies deal with both private and official use of social networks and technology has evolved almost as quickly as social media …
“I can say frankly that all of us were so anxious to get away from the [B-17] before she sank we didn’t pay much attention to our rations. We had …
“I took Lohr’s place in the copilot’s seat and realized we were in real trouble. . . .”
- Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle, commanding officer 12th Air Force
On …
When he campaigned as the Democratic candidate for the presidency on an anti-war platform in 1972, Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota would not allow his staff to publicize his …
An American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft high over Cuba took photos of Soviet missile sites capable of launching nuclear warheads at the United States, just 90 miles away. That’s how the …
