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Dec. 2, 2015
Yesterday's Air Force: Reverse Lend-Lease

The logistics of war are complicated and having the right aircraft at the right place and time is a key to victory. At the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War II the Reverse Lend-Lease program set the U.S. up for success.
Nov. 16, 2015
Veterans in Blue: honoring those who served

The Air Force maintains a special portrait display in the Pentagon as part of its commitment to honoring the devotion and service of veterans. Volume VI will replace volume V of the Veterans in Blue project this November.
Nov. 7, 2015
AF veteran survivor of three wars, plane crash

Retired Lt. Col. Alma Skousen, a humble, soft-spoken 89-year-old fighter pilot, served his country during three wars, encountered Soviet MiG fighters in battle and survived a jet crash before ending his flying career as the 311th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, now known as the 311th Fighter
Oct. 29, 2015
Osan U-2s celebrate nearly 40 years of surveillance

U-2 aircraft from the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron have spent almost 40 years delivering vital imagery and signals intelligence to command leaders throughout the Korean Peninsula.
Oct. 22, 2015
Yesterday’s Air Force: HH-3E

Getting stranded behind enemy lines is a concern during every combat mission and one aircraft set the standard for combat search and rescue during the Vietnam War -- the Sikorsky HH-3E.
Oct. 15, 2015
Yesterday’s Air Force: The U-2, Gary Powers incident

During an intelligence-gathering mission, flown by Capt. Francis Gary Powers, over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960, the Soviets fired surface-to-air missiles at his U-2.
Sept. 24, 2015
Yesterday’s Air Force: Flak-Bait

During World War II, Martine B-26 Marauders dropped thousands of bombs and one of those aircraft survived more missions and dropped more bombs than any other — the Flak-Bait.
Sept. 22, 2015
Hispanic heritage: A look back at Maj. William Edward Cordero

Hispanic Americans have been a vital part of American society since before the country unified. William Edward Cordero was welcomed into one of these pioneering families on July 20, 1935, in Santa Barbara, California.
Sept. 16, 2015
Our enlisted heritage: A look back at how teamwork shaped the modern AF

A wealth of knowledge filled the room when five former chief master sergeants of the Air Force took the stage to share perspectives and stories about how they have inspired and been inspired by the modern Air Force during the Air Force Association’s Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition
Aug. 28, 2015
Tuskegee Airman takes final flight at Academy

Franklin Macon joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 after the creation of the Tuskegee program allowed African-Americans to fill military pilot positions, which were previously occupied exclusively by whites. On Aug. 26 at the age of 92, Macon sat on the airfield at the U.S. Air Force Academy, waiting
Aug. 27, 2015
Yesterday's Air Force: 1909 Wright Military Flyer

Two American bicycle shop owners accomplished something the world's greatest minds had been working on for centuries -- powered flight -- and it only took them a few years.
July 30, 2015
Yesterday's Air Force: Luxembourg

On July 12, 1944, two U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bombers collided over the small town of Perle, Luxembourg.Though 71 years have passed, the event has changed the lives of many people, including Roger Feller, who witnessed the crash. He has since dedicated his life to never forgetting the American
July 26, 2015
Through the glass: Vet looks back

The heritage center at Travis Air Force Base has many pieces of military, history rich with old war stories. One piece, a bullet-riddled B-24 Liberator windshield, tells the story of a man from a small town who went on to fight in World War II and gave more than 40 years of service to his country.
July 16, 2015
Yesterday’s Air Force: The Enola Gay

The thought of using a nuclear weapon is a heavy one, and when the first nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, it sparked conversations all over the world. What does it mean to have nuclear power? How should it be used? All this started with one aircraft: the Enola Gay.
April 23, 2015
Jumping into history

Prior to the launch of the Allied invasion of Normandy, the remarks made by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, to this day, still carry weight for one of the Soldiers he was addressing.
April 20, 2015
Doolittle Raiders share Congressional Gold Medal with the world

On April 18, 1942, 80 men inspired a nation by flying 16 B-25 bombers off the deck of the USS Hornet and dropping ordnance on Tokyo. Now, 73 years later, Congress honored these men with the Congressional Gold Medal, presented to the Raiders in Washington D.C., April 15.
April 15, 2015
Academy grad laid to rest 45 years after losing life in Vietnam

The funeral for an U.S. Air Force Academy graduate killed in the Vietnam War was held April 14 at the Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, nearly 45 years after he gave his life serving his country.
April 15, 2015
Air attaché in Berlin honors B-17 crash victims

Col. David Pedersen, the air attaché to Germany, represented the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Embassy in Berlin March 22 on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Peace Memorial Monument, which commemorates the crash of a B-17 Flying Fortress in the German town of Großräschen.
March 25, 2015
AF holds Medal of Honor recognition event

In observance of National Medal of Honor Day, Air Force senior leaders hosted a Q-and-A session with two of the Air Force's living Medal of Honor recipients, retired Col. Joe M. Jackson and retired Col. Leo K. Thorsness at the Pentagon, March 24.
March 12, 2015
AF general shatters both gender, racial barriers

Born about the time the Tuskegee Airmen were earning their reputation over the skies of North Africa and Italy, Marcelite Harris would go on to break a number of racial and gender barriers during an illustrious Air Force career.

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