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  • Medal of Honor Recipients

    "The President may award ... a medal of honor ... to a person who, while a member of the [armed forces], distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty ..."Four USAF pilots received the nation's highest combat decoration,

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis

    The Soviet Union developed the MiG-15 following World War II and the fighter entered service in 1949. By 1952 the Soviets provided the MiG-15 (NATO code name "Fagot") to a number of communist satellite nations, including North Korea. In 1950 the Soviets began production of a more capable version,

  • Mexican Air Force Aircrews

    In the summer of 1945 airmen of the Mexican Air Force flew combat missions along with their American Allies. Mexico's Escuadrón 201, The Aztec Eagles, equipped with Republic P-47D Thunderbolt fighter aircraft distinguished themselves in providing close air support to American ground units as well as

  • M5 Bomb Trailer

    The M5 bomb trailer is a 2-1/2 ton capacity vehicle used during World War II for transporting bombs from munitions storage areas to the aircraft for loading. Up to six M5s can be towed in a train. The trailer weighs 7,200 pounds when fully loaded.Click here to return to the World War II Gallery.

  • Maj. Clark Gable

    Although he was beyond the draft age at the time the U.S. entered World War II, Clark Gable enlisted as a private in the AAF on Aug. 12, 1942, at Los Angeles. He attended the Officers' Candidate School at Miami Beach, Fla., and graduated as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1942. He then attended

  • MIS-X: The U.S. Escape and Evasion Experts

    Modeled on the British escape branch M.I.9, the top secret MIS-X (Military Intelligence Service-X) organization gave U.S. service personnel formal training and special tools for escape and evasion. Their efforts helped those airmen who were evading and those who had become POWs. MIS-X craftsmen

  • Maj. Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band

    In September 1942, Glenn Miller, one of America's greatest dance band leaders of the period, disbanded his orchestra so he could join the Army Air Forces to do his part for the war effort. Within a year, he organized and perfected what has been widely accepted as the greatest aggregation of dance

  • Medium Bombers

    AAF B-26 medium bombers in England became operational in the spring of 1943. Not having the long range of the B-17 and B-24, B-26s were used almost exclusively for missions to Holland, Belgium and northwestern France where they bombed airfields, transportation and lines of communication. Originally,

  • Maj. Gen. Otto Weyland

    Maj. Gen. Otto Weyland effectively led the XIX Tactical Air Command (9th Air Force), which worked very closely with Lt. Gen. Patton's 3rd Army. During the Normandy breakout, the 3rd Army's right flank was open to enemy attack, but Weyland's fighter-bombers provided for its defense. Working in

  • Maj. Gen. Elwood "Pete" Quesada

    Maj. Gen. Elwood Quesada, commander of the IX Tactical Air Command (9th Air Force), developed the highly successful "armored column cover" system used in France. This tactic involved a small formation of armed fighter-bombers that flew ahead of an armored unit and communicated with a USAAF flying