A total of 76 bombers from the Eighth Air Force are dispatched for a raid on Kiel, Germany, without fighters. Sixty make it to the target, but 22 are shot down, highlighting the need for fighter escorts. Among those killed that day was Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest III, the first American general killed in combat during the war in Europe.
More than two dozen F-35 Lightning II fighters are heading to Kingsley Field, Ore., after Air Force Secretary Troy Meink signed the official record of decision to base the jets there on Oct. 5, clearing the last bureaucratic hurdle for the Air National Guard base to host the service’s third…