A remodeled Doolittle Raiders exhibit at Eglin AFB, Fla., had a special guest at its dedication Saturday: the last surviving Doolittle Raider. Lt. Col. (ret.) Dick Cole, 100, was Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in America’s first air raid on the Japanese mainland, on April 18, 1942. Cole called it an honor to be at the dedication of the exhibit at the US Air Force Armament Museum, according to an AFSOC release. Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, said it was an honor to “even be in the same room” with Cole. The Doolittle Raiders trained at Eglin before leaving the US, according to a press release. Cole was able to avoid capture, and he went on to fly supply missions in the China-Burma-India theater until April 1943. He later became a founding member of the 1st Air Commando Group. Cole became the last surviving member of the Doolittle Raiders following the death of former SSgt. David Thatcher on June 22.
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
