These Air Corps pilots’ actions at Pearl Harbor made them among the first heroes of World War II Two heroic American aviators led a spirited defense against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. By: Michael E. Haskew December 7
Air Force and Army veteran duo aims to restore WWII submarine Air Force veteran Mark Gatton got the idea to save the USS Ling and bring it to Louisville, Ky., when he learned that the sub was going to be scrapped in New Jersey. By: The Associated Press November 16
The GI Bill should’ve been race neutral, politicos made sure it wasn’t While white veterans got into college with relative ease, black service members faced limited options and outright denial in their pursuit for educational advancement. By: Joseph Thompson, Mississippi State University November 9
Restored F-117 Nighthawk coming to Reagan Library A restored F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, one of the most iconic aircraft in Air Force history, will soon be on permanent display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. By: Air Force Times staff November 4
Frozen in time, US Embassy a monument to Iran hostage crisis What initially began as a sit-in devolved into 444 days of captivity for 52 Americans seized in the embassy. By: Mehdi Fattahi and Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press October 31
Remains of Army Air Forces B-17 gunner identified The remains of a B-17 Flying Fortress top turret gunner, shot down over Germany in World War II, have been recovered. By: Kent Miller October 26
How the ‘Horse Soldiers’ helped liberate Afghanistan from the Taliban 18 years ago On Oct. 19, 2001, a team of 12 Green Berets with the 5th Special Forces Group's Operational Detachment Alpha 595 were inserted into Afghanistan to liberate the region from the Taliban without tanks or trucks. Just horses. By: Diana Stancy Correll October 18
Captured in war, a diary returns home From the brutal battle of Tinian to a Tupperware sandwich container to an Oregon charity and back to the family of the killed man who scribbled it. By: Ron Devlin, The Reading Eagle October 5
From parade to pandemic: Museum looks at 1918′s deadly flu Officials went ahead with the parade despite the discouragement of the city health department about the ever-spreading virus. Within 72 hours of the parade, all the hospital beds in Philadelphia were full of flu patients. By: Kristen De Groot, The Associated Press September 28
75th anniversary of daring WWII Allied operation marked in the Netherlands Parachutes glowing gold and white against clear blue skies, hundreds of paratroopers floated to the ground in the eastern Netherlands on Saturday to mark the 75th anniversary of a daring but ultimately unsuccessful mission that Allied commanders hoped would bring a swift end to World War II. By: Mike Corder, The Associated Press September 22
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