If the nation is serious about deterring great-power war—and winning one if it comes—then rebuilding the Air Force is no ...

KILLEEN, Texas (FOX 44)— The City of Killeen celebrated World War II hero Robert M. Gray for the 83rd consecutive year.

On April 18, 1942, sixteen American bombers launched from the USS Hornet on a mission that stretched the limits of fuel, range, and survival. After early detection and difficult conditions, the crews ...

Just days before Veterans Day, three of the remaining four Doolittle Tokyo Raiders gathered Saturday to perform a final toast to their fallen comrades. On April 18, 1942, 80 men took off from an ...

A Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial service and commemoration took place at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Tuesday which marked the 75th anniversary of the mission. Of the 80 ...

Join CJCS Caine and CSAF Wilsbach for AFA’s Worldwide Toast to the Doolittle Raiders The Air & Space Forces Association is proud to host its annual Doolittle Raiders Memorial Toast on April 17, 2026, ...

Kathy and her boys examining the goblets at the 2002 reunion. THE STATE/Columbia, S.C. I am surrounded by pilots. Kathy and her boys examining the goblets at the 2002 reunion. THE STATE/Columbia, S.C.

PARKVILLE, Missouri — On the night of Dec. 7, 1941, Army Air Corps pilot Richard Cole sat down to write a letter to his mother. “Well, that 20-day leave was a good idea anyway,” he wrote, “but it ...