Story by Staff Sgt. Shawn Morris SUMMIT, N.J. – As Black History Month draws to a close, so does the mystery of U.S. Army Air Forces Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson, a Tuskegee Airman declared missing in action after his plane crashed in Europe in December 1944. Dickson’s remains were identified in November 2018 using the latest […]
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The Missing People Choir: Finding Missing Loved Ones
The Missing People Choir was formed in 2014 and is made up from singers whose relatives have vanished. The choir was set up by James Hawkins and Clare Cook from the charity Missing People. It raises funds for the Missing People charity, which promotes awareness of people who’ve disappeared and throws a lifeline to their loved […]
Rosemary Mariner, Pathbreaking Navy Pilot and Commander, Is Dead at 65
Rosemary Mariner, who shattered barriers when she became one of the Navy’s first female pilots and the first woman to command a naval aviation squadron — and who later successfully fought for a congressional measure that lifted a ban on women serving in combat — died on Jan. 24 in Knoxville, Tenn. She was 65. […]
Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on August 22, 2018. Chapman, a combat controller, will be the 19th Airman awarded the Medal of Honor since the Department of the Air Force was established in 1947. He will be the first Airman recognized with the medal for heroic […]
Left-Handed American Leaders
Learn about the power of the lefty in America Bill Gates Our first lefty founded Microsoft. Bill Gates eventually rose to the top of the Forbes list of wealthiest Americans. However, by no means does he keep all of it for himself. He and his wife, Melinda, donated over $25 billion to jump start the […]
The Air Refueling Combat Test
The Air Refueling Combat Test 0715 Friday 6 July 1951 Over the China Sea east of Wonsan Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea Fuel is a weapon.” -James F. Dunnigan, Author of the book How to Make War I had to fly nine sorties on the day the St. Mihiel offensive […]