Story by Staff Sgt. Brandon Esau | Air Force Special Operations Command | 04.20.2022
The Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Air Force Special Operations Command, hosted the final Doolittle Raiders Goblet Ceremony at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, Florida, April 18, 2022. The ceremony marked the 80th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid and also served to honor the legacy of Col. (ret.) Dick Cole, the......
Story by Airman 1st Class Chloe Shanes | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 09.12.2021
Bert “Tex” Carleton, retired Colonel of the Army Air Corp, was a C-47 pilot during World War II and the Korean War. He served during many pivotal moments in U.S. history and was a leader to his troops; but to Burton, he was “grandpa.”...
Story by Airman 1st Class Abbey Rieves | 17th Training Wing | 04.18.2020
Goodfellow remembers Doolittle Raiders
Story by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 01.31.2020
(Published August 20, 2013) DAYTON, Ohio - In 1959 the city of Tucson, Ariz., presented the Doolittle Raiders with a set of silver goblets, each bearing the name of one of the 80 men who flew on the Doolittle Tokyo Raid in April 1942....
Story by 1st Lt. Scarlett Trujillo | 432nd Wing | 04.18.2019
Approximately 77 years ago, pilots and crews from what was once the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron prepared themselves for an endeavor, which would change the course of history, as well as the future of airpower....
Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Coleman-Foster | 50th Space Wing | 02.27.2019
Schriever transistioned fitness assessment responsibility to squadrons. According to Seth Cannello, 50th Force Support Squadron fitness center director, Schriever’s manning led to the early implementation. “We do not have enlisted services Airmen or civilian employees working in our facility like a majority of the Air Force. At other bases, fitness assessment cell operations are managed......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Charlotte Oliver | All Hands Magazine | 04.18.2017
USS Hornet (CV 8) steamed out of San Francisco Bay, April 2, 1942, with 16 modified B-25 Mitchell bombers and about 200 men led by Lt. Col. James “Jimmy” Doolittle. Best known as the “Raiders,” their mission was so secret that neither the Hornet nor the base (Alameda Naval Station) was ever mentioned until years later. President Franklin D. Roosevelt only referred to it as “Shangri-la.”...
Story by 2nd Lt. Phil Fountain | Texas Military Department | 03.06.2017
AUSTIN, Texas – Airmen of the Texas Military Department helped the Texas Senate honor the World War II veterans who participated in an air raid over Japan, during a ceremony held at the Texas Capitol, in Austin, March 6, 2017....
