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  • Masters of the Air, Band of Brothers Sequel Series, to Premiere in January 2024

    10/05/2023 4:04:04 PM PDT · by re_tail20 · 34 replies
    Consequence TV ^ | October 5, 2023 | Scoop Harrison
    Masters of the Air, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s much-anticipated follow-up series to Band of Brothers and The Pacific, finally has a launch date. Check out a series of first look photos below. The first two episodes of the nine-episode limited series will premiere on Apple TV+ on Friday, January 26th. A new episode will then air every Friday through March 15th. Masters of the Air pulls from Donald L. Miller’s biography Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany, telling the story of the enlisted men of the US Eighth Air Force...
  • Medal of Honor Pilot Accounted For From World War II (Baker, A.)

    04/28/2022 2:46:46 PM PDT · by PROCON · 42 replies
    dpaa.mil ^ | April 28, 2022 | Press Release
    WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Lt. Col. Addison E. Baker, 36, of Chicago, killed during World War II and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, was accounted for April 8, 2022.In the summer of 1943, Baker was the commander of the 328th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, Baker was piloting a B-24 Liberator bomber during Operation TIDAL WAVE, the largest World War II bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti, north of Bucharest, Romania. During its bombing run,...
  • Famous Veteran : Clark Gable USAAF Major

    07/22/2018 3:42:25 PM PDT · by eastforker · 63 replies
    TWS ^ | 2014 | SMSgt James Franklin
    In 1942, following Lombard's death, Gable joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. Before her death, Lombard had suggested Gable enlist as part of the war effort, but MGM was obviously reluctant to let him go, and until her death he resisted the suggestion. Gable made a public statement after Lombard's death that prompted Commanding General of the AAF Henry H. Arnold to offer Gable a "special assignment" in aerial gunnery. Gable, despite earlier expressing an interest in officer candidate school (OCS), enlisted on August 12, 1942, with the intention of becoming an enlisted gunner on an air crew. MGM arranged...
  • Memphis Belle is saved from the scrapheap

    05/17/2018 2:04:20 PM PDT · by GreyFriar · 35 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | May 17, 2018 | Ian Burns and Megan Sheets
    Legendary WWII bomber that survived 25 missions over occupied Europe is lovingly restored and put on display B-17 'Flying Fortress' known as Memphis Belle is introduced this morning at National Museum of USAF in Ohio Plane was celebrated for being first bomber to survive 25 missions over Europe before returning to US in 1943 It had been kept in Memphis, Tennessee for years but had been subject to vandalism before being refurbished
  • American Air Museum Opens at Duxford, England

    03/16/2016 5:14:13 PM PDT · by GreyFriar · 20 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 16 Mar 2016 | Emily Chan
    When the US/UK special relationship really WAS special: New £3million war museum opens telling how Britain and the U.S. worked together during the darkest days of the 20th Century American Air Museum based at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, looks at role of US air power It has 18 aircraft on display, including B-17 bomber used in WWII and supersonic SR-71 Blackbird spy plane The museum looks at conflicts in chronological order, beginning at 1918 and continuing on to the present day Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3495651/When-special-relationship-really-special-New-3million-war-museum-opens-telling-Britain-U-S-worked-darkest-days-20th-Century.html#ixzz437ANIZjh Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
  • The Growing Threat Of The U.S. Army Air Force

    04/04/2010 9:30:34 PM PDT · by myknowledge · 24 replies · 1,051+ views
    Strategy Page ^ | April 4, 2010
    Last year, the U.S. Army received the first production models of its Sky Warrior MQ-1C UAVs. Two years ago, two of the prototypes were sent to Iraq for testing. That was a success, and four MQ-1Cs are now operating in Iraq, supplanting the smaller Shadow 200s. Four MQ-1Cs will go to Afghanistan in a few months. Currently, the MQ-1Cs cost $8 million each, but this will go down to $6 million as more are manufactured. The MQ-1Cs are slightly larger Predators, and are being used for missions formerly performed by Shadow 200, and other large army UAVs. The big difference...
  • USAF Lt. Col. Milton Friend hopes American debt to Mihailovich will be repaid

    03/07/2010 5:55:38 PM PST · by Ravnagora · 5 replies · 202+ views
    www.generalmihailovich.com ^ | March 2010 | Milton E. Friend, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.)
    "The first meeting with the General was very brief. Two Canadians, one British airman, and myself were trying to get to the coast to find a way out of Yugoslavia. We were met by Chetnik soldiers and brought to Mihailovich's headquarters. We spoke only to the General's staff members for about half an hour. We told them we were on our way to the coast after having been in their country for over 50 days. We asked for help to get to the coast. It was then that General Mihailovich came into the room. After being briefed by his Staff,...
  • The Cost of Schweinfurt

    02/15/2010 8:50:07 PM PST · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 40 replies · 1,025+ views
    Air Force Magazine ^ | 02/01/2010 | By John T. Correll
    Had it not been for ball bearings, Schweinfurt might have remained a small town in Bavaria and escaped the notice of history. However, it was there in 1883 that a local mechanic, Friedrich Fischer, invented the machine that made possible mass production of ball bearings. In 1906, his son founded the Kugelfischer firm, which became the cornerstone of the industry. World War II created a huge demand for ball bearings. The German aviation industry alone used 2.4 million of them a month. Production was concentrated in Schweinfurt, where five plants turned out nearly two-thirds of Germany’s ball bearings and roller...
  • SERBIA marks 65th Anniversary of Operation Halyard!

    08/22/2009 6:55:54 PM PDT · by Ravnagora · 4 replies · 1,005+ views
    www.generalmihailovich.com ^ | August 22, 2009 | Aleksandra Rebic, Lt. Col. John Cappello, and RTS
    Plaque in Pranjani dedicated to the Halyard Mission on September 12, 2004. The plaque next to it reflects the same inscription in the Serbian language. Photo courtesy of OSS Halyard Mission radioman Arthur "Jibby" Jibilian Serb soldiers in front of the Halyard Mission monument first dedicated in September of 2004,in Pranjani, Serbia August 15, 2009. Photo courtesy of Lt. Col. John Cappello Ohio National Guard troops that are in Serbia doing work on schools in South Serbia. They are working with Serb soldiers, some of which are also in the photo. The older folks are those who participated in assisting...
  • Trying to right a wrong WWII airmen honored for role in rescue operation

    07/31/2009 8:44:48 AM PDT · by Bokababe · 18 replies · 795+ views
    Post Gazette ^ | July 31, 2009 | Jack Kelly
    OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Art Jibilian hoped his presence here at the largest private air show in the world would, in a small way, help right a terrible wrong that had been done so long ago. Mr. Jibilian, of Fremont Ohio, and surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the pioneering squadron of black fighter pilots, were honored here yesterday at AirVenture 2009 for their roles in Operation Halyard, the greatest rescue of downed American airmen in World War II.
  • Was the American Bombing Campaign in World War II a War Crime?

    05/20/2006 8:33:39 PM PDT · by tbird5 · 320 replies · 4,379+ views
    American Heritage Magazine ^ | April 6, 2006 | Fredric Smoler
    Deliberately targeting civilians is widely considered terrorism nowadays, but during World War II both the Britain’s Bomber Command and the United States Army Air Force deliberately targeted civilians. The British philosopher A. C. Grayling, in his new book Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan (Walker, $25.95), points out that the two air forces combined killed perhaps 600,000 German civilians and another 200,000 Japanese. He makes the case that at least by our current standards we were terrorists, and it logically follows that the attacks were war crimes....
  • The FReeper Foxhole Revisits The Cactus Air Force - Guadalcanal - October 27th, 2005

    10/26/2005 9:01:18 PM PDT · by snippy_about_it · 106 replies · 5,642+ views
    see educational sources | originally posted by SAMWolf 2/4/2003 | Don Hollway
    Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...
  • Thank God for the Atom Bomb

    08/03/2005 1:18:32 PM PDT · by F14 Pilot · 63 replies · 1,981+ views
    realclearpolitics.com ^ | August 3, 2005 | By Austin Bay
    The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima (Aug. 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9) didn't end World War II -- at least not quite. The six days between Nagasaki and Japan's surrender on Aug. 15 were six more hideous days of war for U.S. and allied forces. Combat -- and Japanese atrocities -- continued in China, the Philippines and Southeast Asia. They were also six days of vicious political intrigue and turmoil in Tokyo, as the so-called "peace" and "war" factions in Japan's high command struggled for control of the state. In his classic essay "Thank God for the Atom Bomb,"...
  • WWII Operation Tidal Wave - 1 Aug 1943 - Raid on Ploesti

    08/01/2005 6:15:24 AM PDT · by NonValueAdded · 11 replies · 2,158+ views
    USAF Museum Web Site ^ | Jan 17 1997 | USAF Museum
    WWII Combat Europe Ploesti, Rumania 1 August 1943 While Allied and Axis forces were battling in Sicily, the AAF staged one of the war's most daring heavy bomber raids. The target was the Ploesti oil fields in Rumania, estimated to be supplying 60% of Germany's crude oil requirements. Shortly after dawn on August 1, 1943, AAF B-24s took off from bases in Libya and headed toward the heavily defended target, deep inside enemy territory a thousand miles away. Over Bulgaria, clouds broke up the B-24 formations and the bombing elements became widely separated. Tracked by German radar which alerted Rumanian...
  • The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the Raid on Magdeburg (January 1945) - June 23rd, 2005

    06/23/2005 3:28:38 AM PDT · by SAMWolf · 48 replies · 2,257+ views
    Aviation History Magazine | September 2001 | Gary Rosentrater, as told by Glen M. Hotz
    Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. .................................................................. .................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should...
  • The FReeper Foxhole Remembers D-Day - Air Power Over the Normandy Beaches(6/6/1944)-June 6th, 2005

    06/05/2005 10:43:52 PM PDT · by SAMWolf · 71 replies · 6,741+ views
    The U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II | Richard P. Hallion
    Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. .................................................................. .................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should...
  • B-25 Panchito raises DAV awarness (WWII Air Buffs)

    05/25/2005 7:10:27 PM PDT · by AZHua87 · 21 replies · 1,098+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | May 23, 2005 | Lance Cpl. Lydia Davey
    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. (May 23, 2005) -- Panchito, a vintage B-25 named for the fighting rooster featured in a 1945 animated musical, graced event goers with its presence May 20-22 during the Cherry Point Air Show. In addition to charming air show guests with its classic paint scheme and powerful engines, the aircraft brought a message of awareness for Disabled American Veterans. The B-25 boasts a dynamic history. Best known for its role in Jimmy Doolittle's famed 1942 raid over Tokyo, the aircraft now enjoys the position of air show jewel. From wartime and post-World War...
  • The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Operation Matterhorn (1943-1944) - Apr. 25th, 2005

    04/24/2005 9:42:55 PM PDT · by SAMWolf · 89 replies · 3,550+ views
    Aviation History Magazine | E.R. Johnson
    Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. .................................................................. .................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should...
  • The Specters Haunting Dresden

    03/17/2005 8:02:15 PM PST · by Lorianne · 38 replies · 982+ views
    City Journal ^ | Winter 2005 | Theodore Dalrymple
    The foundations of Hitler’s bunker were uncovered during the building frenzy in Berlin that followed the reunification of Germany. An anguished debate ensued about what to do with the site, for in Germany both memory and amnesia are dangerous, each with its moral hazards. To mark the bunker’s site might turn it into a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis, resurgent in the East; not to mark it might be regarded as an attempt to deny the past. In the end, anonymous burial was deemed the better, which is to say the safer, option. Nowhere in the world (except, perhaps, in...
  • The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Major Glenn Miller - Feb. 21st, 2005

    02/20/2005 10:03:05 PM PST · by SAMWolf · 85 replies · 3,059+ views
    American History Magazine | Joseph Gustaitis
    Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. .................................................................. .................... ........................................... . U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. . . Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their...