Group (2OG) German Air Bases (GER2) 1st Day Bomb. Group (1DBG) 2nd Day Bomb. Group (2DBG) Bombing Targets (GER1) Make sure you drill down when using this map. It is only when doing that that you can really properly appreciate the locations of the different bases. For instance, ...
The First Special Service Force fought in Alaska, Italy, and, as part of the First Airborne Task Force, in Southern France. The First Special Service Force was disbanded in December 1944 and the Americans from the unit, along with members of the 99th Infantry Battalion and the survivors of...
In July, 1987, Cosmo explored how an aspiring young American model, and a rich Italian playboy collided into scandal and murder in Milan, Italy.
Militants attacked two military bases housing American troops in Iraq last week. The US has about 2,500 troops in Iraq, where Iranian-backed militants have evolved into the dominant military and political force, and about 900 in Syria, which is also home to Shia militias supported by Iran. ...
US Army Air Force pilot Howard Pitts flew over sixty B24 bombing missions with his crew over Germany in WWII. Because of desperate German air defenses, sometimes two out of three aircraft did not return to their bases in Italy in 1944 and 1945. Howard Pitts is the last survivor of that ...
Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) has issued this statement about the recent flight attendant base closures of Envoy Air in Los Angeles, Miami, San Juan and now New York City. Envoy Air has been shrinking in size, both in the number of bases and employees. Here is the full statement...
In late 1939, with the likelihood of full-scale war in Europe a major concern, the British Royal Air Force was looking seriously at methods of quickly increasing its fighter strength. In April 1940, the British Air Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation with the intent of having...
” In addition, AFRICOM officers are nowtalkingabout the possibility of building a string of surveillance outposts along the northern tier of the continent. And don’t forget how, over the past few years, U.S. staging areas, mini-bases, and airfields have popped up in the contiguous ...
Air Wisconsin currently operates as an United Express carrier with crew bases in Chicago O’Hare (ORD) and Milwaukee (MKE). The company is also celebrating its 57th anniversary. United Express-Air Wisconsin aircraft photo gallery: American Eagle-Air Wisconsin aircraft photo gallery: ...
For example, the US could, as Russian intelligence services are already warning, persuade Islamists in Syria to attack Russian bases in Syria. Russian and US fighter jets are also meeting in Syria’s airspace, so there are plenty of opportunities to provoke an escalation with Russia. Then ...