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  • A Douglas C-47 Skytrain, known as Whiskey 7, flies alongside a C-130J Super Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron May 30, 2014, over Germany. The C-47 came to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a week to participate in base activities with its legacy unit, the 37th Airlift Squadron, before returning to Normandy to recreate its role and drop paratroopers over the original drop zone in Sainte-Mere Eglise, France. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)

    Ramstein Airmen rekindle piece of D-Day history

    Seventy years ago, young men from the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron at RAF Cottesmore, England, prepared their aircraft and themselves for what would soon be known as one of the most significant and meaningful days in the history of the world...D-Day.
  • The people of Avord, France, dedicated a memorial May 8, 2014, honoring the crew of a U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress shot down during World War II. The B-17, nicknamed the Georgia Rebel II, crashed at about 12:00 p.m. April 28, 1944, on a mission bombing a Nazi German-occupied airfield, Avord Air Base, located in the middle of France. (Courtesy photo)

    French village memorializes US WWII aircrew

    The people of Avord, France, dedicated a memorial May 8 honoring the crew of a U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress shot down during World War II.
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III (center) presented nine Prisoner of War Medasl to Army Air Corps veterans and family members during a ceremony April 30, 2014, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. From the left are Tech. Sgt. Alva H. Moss, Sgt. William G. Blackburn, 1st Lt. Paul J. Gambaiana, retired Lt. Col. James I. Misuraca, retired Maj. James V. Moran, 1st Lt. James F. Mahon, Staff Sgt. John G. Fox, Sgt. George E. Thursby. The son and grandson of Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Sinitsky, who died recently, accepted the award on his behalf. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)

    World War II internment camp survivors honored 70 years later

    Nine U.S. Army Air Force Airmen who were interned at Wauwillermoos, Switzerland, seven decades ago were finally honored with the Prisoner of War Medal April 30.
  • Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker was a natural leader who personally led his Airmen into combat missions during the early days of World War II. He perished, along with his crew, during the battle of Midway.

    Tinker epitomized Native American strength, leadership

    The highest ranking Native American general, Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, used his strength and leadership qualities to lead Airmen in the Pacific during the early days of World War II. As a member of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma, Tinker believed that leadership meant leading his Airmen into battle, a quality he embraced from his Native American roots.
  • Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen gives thumbs up to the crowd prior to boarding a vintage C-47 Skytrain Nov. 9, 2013, at the South Texas Regional Airport in Hondo, Texas. More than 250 community members and servicemembers attended the event which featured rides on vintage aircraft, performances from the Texas Children’s Choir, the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, and a candy drop.

    Candy Bomber drops in 65 years after Berlin Airlift

    It was 1948, World War II was over and the Cold War had begun. For many German families, living conditions were tough and food was scarce. But for the children of Berlin, there was a glimmer of hope, and it came from the sky. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. Gail Halvorsen, a C-47 pilot stationed in Germany in support of the Berlin Airlift, handed two sticks of gum to local children peering through a fence near a local airport. That small gesture at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport led to Operation Little Vittles, a humanitarian mission that continued for 15 months.
  • Headstones made of Lasa marble line the grounds of Madingley American Cemetery Oct. 16, 2013, at Madingley, England. Each grave contains the body or identifiable remains of the named individual on the headstone, with the exception of 24 unknown service members. The 3,812 graves make up approximately 39 percent of the original total of Americans temporarily interred in the United Kingdom during World War II. Sixty percent were repatriated at the wishes of family and next of kin.

    Technology helps remember fallen, ensures memories live on

    It was a damp, foggy morning in October, amidst a sea of marble headstones; the sound of bells chiming out seemed to echo the air of somberness all around at Madingley American Cemetery, near Cambridge. The whole scene was humbling.
  • Osage Nation relatives of Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, dressed in native attire, sing and dance to a song written to Tinker during their annual four day celebration called In-lon-shka held in Pawhuska Indian Village, Okla., June 30, 2013. Tinker was the highest ranking officer of Native-American ancestry and the first general lost in action during World War II.

    AF Heritage: Gen. Tinker still honored by native Indian tribe

    During the early days of World War II, an Army Air Corps major general, who was an Oklahoma native, and member of the Osage Indian tribe, was named to lead the air effort in Hawaii following Pearl Harbor. Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker managed to stay close to his tribe during his 30 plus years as a military aviator, and today, more than 70 years after his death, is still honored by that tribe.
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