Jan. 17, 2024 Every person has a story; AFMC historian makes it his business to tell them The mission of the Air Force Materiel Command History Office is to record and tell the story of the command for future generations. Brian Duddy became a staff historian in December, but before he ever set foot in the office, he was already telling Air Force tales.
May 6, 2022 World War II paratroop reenactors land at museum The C-47 Skytrains Tico Belle (top) and Placid Lassie approach their drop zone near the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on April 27, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The two planes were among those used to drop troops on Normandy for D-Day during World War II. (U.S. Air Force
April 17, 2020 78th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid April 18 marks the 78th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, in which Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle, U.S. Army Air Forces, and Vice Adm. William F. Halsey Jr., U.S. Navy, led a joint bombing operation on the Japanese mainland aimed to inflict both material and psychological damage upon the enemy
Feb. 5, 2020 Tuskegee Airman receives promotion to brigadier general On Feb. 4, retired Col. Charles E. McGee found himself in the Oval Office at the White House being promoted to brigadier general by President Donald Trump.
March 21, 2019 World War II laborer champions ‘Rosie the Riveter’ legacy at Pentagon, Capitol Hill When it comes to symbolizing the influx of women in the workforce and the wave of patriotism and feminism that surge sparked during World War II, few American icons are more recognizable than “Rosie the Riveter.”Artist J. Howard Miller’s 1942 poster, featuring a bandanna-donning, blue-collared woman