The famed Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team that fought in the World War II European Theater now has a new C-17 airlifter carrying its slogan “Go for Broke.” At a ceremony Thursday at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, the seventh of eight C-17s to be assigned to the Pacific Air Forces flew in with the name The Spirit of “Go for Broke” emblazoned on its fuselage. A number of the 442nd men were on hand for the ceremony. Air Force officials say their unit became the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in US military history.
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.