Tuskegee Airman receives promotion to brigadier general By Staff Sgt. Jeremy L. Mosier, Former Tuskegee Airman, retired Col. Charles McGee, high-fives Airmen during his visit Dec. 6, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. He served a total of 30 years in the U.S. Air Force, beginning with the U.S. Army Air Corps, and flew …
Front row, L to R) pilot Paul Maruska; co-pilot Morris Benton; bombardier Edward Mullin; (back row, L to R) tailgunner Froilan Hernandez; gunner Floyd Gibson; radio operator Jack Duer; ball turret gunner Frederick Mika; gunner Cleon Wood. No navigator is shown. (U.S. Army Air Corps photo courtesy of Cleon Wood) Wing lineage began in World …
The Terrifying Physics of WWII Dive Bombing The act of dive bombing during World War II was a death defying trial of skill and nerve. You aimed your plane down, four miles above the ocean, and plummeted at speeds of up to 275 miles per hour. From the Show: Battle of Midway http://bit.ly/2Jl5D9t Smithsonian Channel
UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEETAIR FORCEPATROL BOMBING SQUADRON 139 HISTORICAL SURVEY OF PATROL BOMBING SQUADRON 139 Historical Survey – First Tour Patrol Bombing Squadron 139 was originally commissioned as Bombing Squadron 139 on 1 April 1943 under the Command of Lieutenant Commander George H. Hughes. On 8 July 1943 he was relieved of his command because …
Trump Affirms 2A Protection; Petition Demands Pelosi’s Resignation as Speaker February 5, 2020 By Dave Workman Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist with an expertise in firearms and the outdoors. Reaffirming to the nation that the Second Amendment is secure while he is in office, President Donald Trump delivered what many believe was his best-ever State of …
