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Reply The men of the 332nd Fighter Group, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, were the first Black American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces and fought in World War II. (European/FPG/Getty Images) MONROVIA, CA — Leroy Criss soared through the skies as one of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, but before that he walked the halls as a student at Monrovia High School. Criss attended classes at the school in the early 1940s when it was known as Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School before he ...

Moody AFB aircraft makes emergency landing By Krista Monk | May 12, 2021 at 4:40 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 4:40 PM MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (WALB) - An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II made an emergency landing at Moody Air Force Base (AFB) Wednesday afternoon, according to a press release from the base. According to the release, the aircraft experienced an in-flight emergency resulting in an emergency ground landing around noon. The Thunderbolt, assigned to the 23d Fighter Group, 23d Wing,...

JONES, Robert © Provided by Dayton Daily News Dayton Daily News JONES, Robert E. "Bob" Age 97 of Centerville, Ohio, passed away at his home on May 3, 2021. He was born in Miamisburg, Ohio, in 1924, son of the late Robert R. and Irma L. (Stratton) Jones. Preceded in death by daughter, Cheryl Ann Jones-Griffin; brothers, Ralph S. Jones, Linn W. Jones, Virgil L. Jones; and sisters, Vivian L. Bussard and Lois M. Askins. He is survived by wife of 75 years, Gladys M. (Mehl) Jones; sons, Carl R. (...

Gladys Eva, plotted aircraft movements for the RAF during the Battle of Britain – obituary She spoke movingly about talking over the radio to bomber pilots heading back to base, some of whom did not make it Gladys Eva: rose rapidly through the ranks Gladys Eva, who has died aged 100, was the last surviving WAAF plotter who served in Fighter Command’s operations centre during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz that followed. She was not yet 20 when she joined the RAF as a special duties cle...

Musicals Return To The Stage In Jefferson Performing Arts Societys 44th Season Titles include Shrek, Cinderella, The Addams Family and more!by BWW News Desk Jefferson Performing Arts Society will open its first full season since 2019 with Yasmina Rezas The God of Carnage at Westwego Performing Arts Theatre on September 17, 2021. Rezas dark comedy about parents turning their childrens playground battles into a grown-up sandbox fight kicks off a dynamic lineup filled with a variety of dramatic p...

Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Repainted in P-47 Thunderbolt Heritage Livery Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Repainted in P-47 Thunderbolt Heritage Livery by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot, 185th Air Refueling Wing The National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa revealed a remarkable heritage paint scheme which they completed this week on an Idaho Air National Guard (ANG) A-10 Thunderbolt II. The 124th Fighter Wing of the Idaho ANG conceived this new livery for their A-10 in ...

In the early months of modern Ufology, a pair of Air National Guard F-51 Mustangs engaged UFOs in two separate incidents that became known as “The Mantell Incident” and “The Gorman Dogfight”. Tragically, one of these turned deadly.

Excavation of an Arkansans World War II P-38 crash site in Austria unearths possible human remains John Lovett, Fort Smith Times Record © John Lovett Bob Mitchell, 90, reads from a letter informing him "possible human remains" had been found at the P-38 crash site in Austria connected to his brother 2nd. Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell on July 8, 1944 near Waldegg, Austria. On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon crash-landed in a deep...

By JOHN LOVETT | Times Record | Published: May 2, 2021 (Tribune News Service) — On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon, Ark., crash-landed in a deeply wooded area near Waldegg, Austria, after a flight sweep to Vienna with the 48th Fighter Squadron. Ever since then, his younger brother Bob Mitchell of Fort Smith has wondered what exactly happened that day. This week, new hope came by email from the U.S. Department of POW/MIA Accounti...

Saffron Waldens Anglo-American War Memorial. Picture: Will Durrant - Credit: Archant Saffron Waldens Anglo-American War Memorial has been added to a list of socially and culturally important local landmarks. District councillors agreed to add 60 Uttlesford landmarks to its Local Heritage Assets list at a meeting on Thursday, April 22. The memorial near Bridge End Gardens, which was built in 1954 to recognise the deaths of British and American airmen from World War II, became a heritage as...