Video by Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston | Airman Magazine | 09.13.2016
Russell Gackenbach was a second lieutenant aircraft navigator and photographer who flew into the heart of Japan on Aug. 6, 1945, as Little Boy, a 9,000-pound uranium-235 atomic bomb was dropped onto Hiroshima, Japan. The significance of this event is immeasurable, as it was the first time a nuclear device had been used as a wartime strategy, which ultimately led to Japan agreeing to an......
Video by Senior Airman Joshua Crawley | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 07.17.2016
B-29 Superfortress "Doc" takes to Wichita's skies in its first flight in six decades.
Video by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Drobnack | Defense Media Activity - Air Force | 06.09.2015
The thought of using a nuclear weapon is a heavy one and when the first nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima 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....
Video by Staff Sgt. Joy Dulen | 335th Signal Command (Theater) | 05.27.2013
The last flyable B29 Bomber in the world, "Fifi", flies into Atlanta to go on display with other WWII aircraft as part of a historical aviation tour. Also on hand is the last remaining member of the Enola Gay, Major Dutch Van Kirk. Produced by SSG Joy Dulen, 335th Signal Command (T) Public Affairs. Soundbites from Joe Broker, Maj. Dutch Vankirk, Julie Garrett....
