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  • The Battling Bastards of Bataan

    We're the Battling Bastards of Bataan,No Mama, No Papa, No Uncle Sam,No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces,No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces,And nobody gives a damn!                                                -Frank Hewlett, 1942 Return to Bataan Death March Overview.

  • The Pillars of Tactical Airpower

    Phase I: Establish Air SuperiorityThe elimination of the enemy air force is the first major requirement for the success of any major land operation. Once control of the air is achieved, airpower can be used against hostile ground forces.The German Air Force, or Luftwaffe, struggled against Ninth Air

  • The Southeast Asia War

    The Southeast Asia War (1961–1973) resulted from the U.S. policy called “containment,” which sought to hold communism to its early Cold War borders.  The main U.S. goal in the Southeast Asia War was to protect South Vietnam—initially from a local communist insurgency and later from conquest by

  • Technical Sergeant Timothy Wilkinson

    In response to Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid’s deadly attack on United Nations and US forces in 1993, a joint special operations task force was sent to Somalia to capture Aidid and his lieutenants. Task Force Ranger, composed of US Army, Navy, and Air Force Special Operations forces was

  • Technical Sergeant Forrest L. Vosler Medal of Honor Recipient

    In a raid over Bremen, Germany, a B-17 with the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, had just finished bombing its target when it was severely damaged by anti-aircraft fire. TSgt. Forrest Vosler, radio operator and gunner, was firing at enemy fighters when a 20mm shell exploded near his legs,

  • Technical Sergeant Ben Kuroki Distinguished Service Medal Recipient

    As the son of Japanese immigrants, Ben Kuroki had to fight for his right to enter the Armed Forces during World War II. At first, his enlistment was denied. Once accepted, he had to beg his way into combat duty. Kuroki was eventually made an aerial gunner and completed his required twenty-five

  • The Need for Fuel

    The 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recover Group determined that if a downed Airman could be reached within fifteen minutes, the chances of rescue were good. However, after thirty minutes or more, the survivor’s chances of being rescued drastically decreased.Unfortunately, the US Air Force’s rescue

  • The Men, The Mission: Rescue Units of the War

    US Air Force rescue units in Southeast Asia belonged to the 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group (ARRG). Comprised of five Aerospace Rescue and Recovery (ARR) squadrons, with occasional augmentation from other rescue units in the Pacific, they were responsible for all US search and recovery

  • T-38 Sit-in Cockpit

    This has temporarily been removed from public display. This T-38 cockpit simulator, made by Quintron Systems Corporation, trained pilots to operate a T-38 aircraft’s controls and instruments during takeoff, approach, and landing at night.  The Northrop T-38 Talon is a twin-engine, high-altitude,

  • Tech. Sgt. Keary J. Miller

    CITATION TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD OF THE AIR FORCE CROSS _______________________________________________________Awarded for actions during the Global War on Terror The President of the United States of America, authorized by Title 10, Section 8742, United States Code, takes pleasure in presenting the