and 21 groups were outfitted with B-24s in the Eighth Air Force alone. Republic P-47 “Thunderbolt” Entered service: Eighth: December 1942 (4th, 56th, 78th Fighter Groups); first operational ...

The Seventh Air Force will extend its Super Squadron test at Osan Air Base for a second phase, adding another squadron with 31 F-16s. The U.S. Seventh Air ...

Lieutenant General Henry “Hap” Arnold was appointed Major General, Carl Spaatz commanded the new Eighth Air Force. Brigadier ...

Sheppard was a part of the 332nd fighter group and was in the Tuskegee experiment ... continue to be told to future generations,” said Sheppard. The Mighty Eighth Air Force museum has their own ...