The Air and Space Forces Association celebrated the grand opening of its new Operations Center on April 17 with a tribute to its founder, Gen. Jimmy Doolittle—the Doolittle Raiders Memorial Toast.
Jimmy Doolittle
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 leadership model we teach, called Lead, Develop, Care (LDC), is one way to provide Airmen and Guardians with a competitive advantage against our adversaries.
The 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., received the 2023 Gen. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle Award in recognition of its top-notch ISR support of major commands and joint and combined force commanders across the world over the past two years.
To deter war, we must demonstrate both superior capability and sufficient capacity to endure a fight.
President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught at a White House ceremony. Vaught is only the eighth distinguished Airman to earn the honor. Over the course of a 28-year Air Force career, Vaught, 92, was "the ...
Barnstormers, wing walkers, and air racers lit the spark to enchantment with aviation.
Air Force leaders honored the Doolittle Raiders on the 80th anniversary of their historic mission, performing the last "goblet ceremony" for Lt. Col. Dick Cole, who was the last surviving participant in the mission.
It was the first good war news in months. American B-25s successfully bombed the capital of Japan.
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 ...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. brought his message of “Accelerate change or lose” to the dedication of the Air Force Association’s Doolittle Leadership Center on Sept. 2. “The Doolittle Leadership Center is a perfect environment to foster that renewed focus ...
