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The US Eighth Air Force marked is 80th anniversary with a fly-past on Tuesday (February 1) over Duxford, the Cambridge American Cemetery and RAF Lakenheath

The US Eighth Air Force marked is 80th anniversary with a fly-past on Tuesday (February 1) over Duxford, the Cambridge American Cemetery and RAF Lakenheath

The US Eighth Air Force marked is 80th anniversary with a fly-past on Tuesday (February 1) over Duxford, the Cambridge American Cemetery and RAF Lakenheath

The US Eighth Air Force marked is 80th anniversary with a fly-past on Tuesday (February 1) over Duxford, the Cambridge American Cemetery and RAF Lakenheath

The US Eighth Air Force marked is 80th anniversary with a fly-past on Tuesday (February 1) over Duxford, the Cambridge American Cemetery and RAF Lakenheath

With the Lunar New Year almost upon us, here are 10 tiger-themed travel ideas. Sure, most of them are currently off-limits to the travelling public, but there’s no rule against making plans … One of the deepest and most dramatic river canyons in the world, Tiger Leaping Gorge, in Yunnan province, southwest China, is a magnet for hikers. Apart from...

Last Monday, our nation lost a leader, warrior, and one of America’s famed Tuskegee Airmen when Brig. Gen. Charles McGee made his last takeoff at the of age of 102. McGee was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Dec. 7, 1919, and moved frequently with his father’s work throughout Ohio, Florida, West Virginia, Iowa, and Illinois. Along the way, he entered the Boy Scouts, rose to the rank of Eagle Scout, and was accepted into the engineering program at the University of Illinois.

What is not widely known is that the history of the Tuskegee pilots is connected to the controversy over the Roosevelt administration’s refusal to bomb Auschwitz. 

The abandoned Air Force base near the Canadian border looks like a post-apocalyptic movie set.

Columnist Mike Richard writes about a highly decorated Gardner man who died after his parachute failed; and a local man killed in street disturbance