A new Eighth Air Force Memorial, tucked behind the D-Day landing beaches at Normandy, immortalizes those Airmen in bronze 81 years after they defeated the Nazi air force.
D-Day
Lt. Col. David Hamilton, the last surviving C-47 pilot who flew pathfinding paratroopers into France during the 1944 D-Day invasion passed away Jan. 5 at the age of 102.
The starting point for studying airpower in World War II is the monumental official history, published following the war. The AAF hired two highly respected academics, Wesley F. Craven and James L. Cate, to edit the outstanding seven-volume work, The Army Air Forces in World ...
The risk of world war today has never been greater since 1940—and the United States has arguably never been less ready. Waking the nation up to that fact should be a top priority for our national leaders, though precious little has been said or will ...
Air Force crews flew over France this week in C-130 transport planes decked out in black-and-white “invasion stripes” for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
In the summer of 1945, the Japanese had almost seven million troops remaining and were not nearly ready to quit.
