Frank Luke shot down 18 enemy aircraft in his 18-day run in World War I.
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Etchberger’s actions made it possible for his companions to get off the mountain top alive.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby highlighted the advantage veterans bring to United management, as long as they can make the transition from military hierarchy to private-sector independence. “You’ve got to make the transition successfully,” he said during a keynote address at AFA's Air, Space & ...
Air Force Maj. Brian Liebenow arrived to a secret staging point at a former Soviet base in Uzbekistan on Oct. 6, 2001, for an intense mission that would last just over two months. There, as a member of the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, he briefed ...
The walls of the Collin County courthouse in McKinney, Tex., are lined with portraits of fallen warriors and veterans, depictions created by artist and Air Force veteran Colin Kimball, an Air Force Association Member who’s active with AFA’s Seidel Chapter in Dallas.
Pitsenbarger chose to remain under enemy fire to care for and help defend the wounded.
In the midst of nationwide protests and the tearing down of Confederate statues last year, President Donald J. Trump promised to build a “National Garden of American Heroes.” On Jan. 18, he revised his July executive order and listed out the luminaries he hopes to ...
Vice President Mike Pence honored the life, career, and character of World War II ace and renowned Air Force test pilot Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager at a Jan. 15 memorial service in West Virginia. “Yeager has been an inspiration to every American pilot, and will ...
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager died Dec. 7, at age 97. Yeager was a World War II fighter ace and most widely remembered as the first man to fly through Mach 1—the speed of sound—in 1947. He tested numerous research aircraft ...
A petition on WhiteHouse.gov is looking to get retired Air Force Col. Gail S. “Hal” Halvorsen—a 100-year-old veteran who flew the C-47 and C-54 aircraft in Germany during the Berlin Airlift—the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Halvorsen is often referred to as the “Candy Bomber,” because ...
Arlington National Cemetery’s decision to forbid the nonprofit Wreaths Across America from placing holiday wreaths on the graves of the fallen veterans laid to rest on its hallowed grounds—as well as at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery in Washington—this year due ...
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