Preflight. That Doolittle kid -- Bad boys--good girls -- A love affair with flight -- The pilots lounge -- Instrument takeoff. Coast to coast -- Back to school -- Stunts and speed -- Flying blind -- ...

World War II icon and aviation pioneer Gen. James “Jimmy” Doolittle came to New Orleans to dedicate Moisant International ...

The world found out last week who led the daring, destructive noonday air raid on Japan last month. To the White House, to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor, went pugnacious Brigadier General ...

The WACO Aviation Lecture Series kicks off its 2022-2023 season Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. with a presentation by Paul Cooper, retired Air Force brigadier general, on the Doolittle Raid of World War II. After ...

Hollywood made a movie about it, numerous books have been written about it and now Doolittle’s Raid on Tokyo — the first retaliatory strike against the Japanese after Pearl Harbor — is the topic of ...

I was about 12 years old the day Jimmy Doolittle and his wife, Josephine, came to visit us. My father had died the year before and my mother headed up the school he and she had started. Captain ...

Lieut. General Dwight David Eisenhower, the Allied commander in French North Africa, was interrupted by a message at a press conference. General Eisenhower glanced at the message, then exclaimed: ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. These medals and trophies were ...

Sean Doolittle tugs gently on his bushy red beard and soaks in a history lesson as he strolls in silence along the 872-foot wooden flight deck of the USS Hornet. He checks out old war planes while ...

A barnstormer, a prize-winning air racer, a key strategist and flier in major WWII bombing campaigns, an eventual air force general and a pioneer of engineering test piloting (blind flying and the ...