• D-Day, the battle to end WWII in Europe

    A day would define a generation and bring freedom to an entire continent. D-Day would become known throughout history as the battle that successfully ended the Nazi German occupation of much of Western Europe.

  • The Doolittle Raid

    A little over four months after the initial bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States began secretly planning a reprisal attack on the Japanese Empire. In fact, the initial plan was already underway and the U.S. Army Air Forces had begun to train their pilots for this incredibly

  • The 69th FS thwarts attack, saves base during WWII

    The 69th Fighter Squadron was activated on January 15, 1941 as the 69th Pursuit Group. They, like so many other squadrons at the time, were originally a training squadron. For the first two years, the 69th began training elite pilots to send to the fronts, both in Europe and the Pacific. However, in