Continuing a 80-year-long Air Force tradition initiated by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle and his fellow Raiders in 1946, the Air & Space Forces Association celebrates each anniversary of the April 18, 1942, raid on Imperial Japan.
This year’s celebration is April 17, 2026, and will take place simultaneously with toasts sponsored by Air Force and Space Force units, AFA Chapters, and AFA members around the world.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine will be this year’s speaker and toast master, and the event will also feature remarks from Chief of Staff of the Air Force Kenneth Wilsbach and other leaders.
The livestream begins at 5:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on April 17 and can be watched below or at afa.org/toast.