AFIS News Feed
-
Panetta Calls for Europe, NATO Defense Investment
At the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta called for European nations to match the United States' vote of confidence in the transatlantic partnership, through investment in common defense and commitment to a long-term solution in Afghanistan.
-
Operation Deep Freeze Supports Antarctica Research Mission
Operation Deep Freeze, the Defense Department's support mission in Antarctica, is beginning to wind down after another successful season of transporting millions of pounds of cargo and thousands of passengers to the icy destination.
-
Service Members Worldwide Gear Up for Super Bowl
Maintaining morale is an essential aspect of any service member's life. To keep spirits high, American Forces Radio and Television Service will broadcast Super Bowl XLVI to service members worldwide so they can root for their favorite team on game day.
|
|
Home  Articles Articles
|
Written by AL SACCOMANDO 882ND
|
|
The ground crews worked long hours under extremly uncomfortable conditions and served many months overseas before being rotated state-side. |
|
|
Written by L.R."POP" KIENLE
|
|
-from forming a new new crew, acquiring a new B-25 at Hunter Field, GA, leapfrogging across the U.S.A. and the Pacific Ocean to Brisbane, Australia. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by L.R."POP" KIENLE
|
|
-from forming a new new crew, acquiring a new B-25 at Hunter Field, GA, leapfrogging across the U.S.A. and the Pacific Ocean to Brisbane, Australia. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by MERLE MEACHMAN 405TH SQUADRON
|
|
Merle Meacham reports he flew as Everett Brady's navigator twice and received a Purple Heart each time creating a question as to sharing a third flight. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by WILLIAM E. HANRAHAN 823RD
|
|
The planes for the newly formed 822nd and 823rd squadrons in Australia were flown overseas by the crews that would fly them into combat. This is one such story. |
|
|
Written by WILLIAM E. HANRAHAN 823RD
|
|
The planes for the newly formed 822nd and 823rd squadrons in Australia were flown overseas by the crews that would fly them into combat. This is one such story. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by HOWARD E. ALTER - 405TH
|
|
The early days by a man from the original Cadre furnished by the 22nd Bomb Group at Langley Field, Virginia. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by hOWARD E. ALTER - 405TH
|
|
The early days by a man from the original Cadre furnished by the 22nd Bomb Group at Langley Field, Virginia. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by HERMAN E. BACCIA
|
|
The stories about Col Gunn are legion. He was a hero in every sense and survived the war. Roy L. Glover of the 405th Squadron will say without reservations that Col Gunn deserved the Congretional Medal of Honor for his many feats. He was a retired navy enlisted pilot who was handy with tools and had the confidence of General Kenney the Commander of the 5th Air Force. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by BOB RICHARDS 822ND
|
|
The following report of a mission to Sarong Harbor 6/17/44 was written by Pilot Paul Richards, 822nd,(a victim of polio in 1950) and passed on by his wife , Margaret, to Paul Popma of the 71st who submitted the article. |
|
|
Written by JIM POWELL 71ST SQUADRON
|
|
Touring China in wartime the hard way. |
|
Read more...
|
|
| << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next > End >>
| | Results 23 - 33 of 75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
