A B-17 crew from the United States Army Air Force’s Eighth
Air Force, 385th Bomb Group, plot a target on a map prior
to a mission.
The U.S. Eighth Air Force launched its bombing campaign against
Nazi Germany, one of the largest, most important and most
devastating strategic initiatives in the annals of warfare, on this
day in history, Jan. 27, 1943.
The crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress Knock-out Dropper
bomber.
Newest Air Force stealth bomber, the $750M B-21 Raider,
takes to the air for the time.
The U.S. Air Force’s long-awaited B-21 stealth bomber took its
first test flight in California on Friday.
According to the Air Force, the aircraft, developed by Northrop Grumman, is expected to be operational by 2030. It can carry
both "conventional and nuclear munitions" and will "provide
our nation with a strategic asset capable of penetrating enemy
air defenses in highly contested environments and striking
targets anywhere in the world."
(FOX NEWS)
On September 21, 1942, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress made its
debut flight in Seattle, Washington. It was the largest bomber
used in the war by any nation.
The B-29 was conceived in 1939 by Gen. Hap Arnold.
ED DONAHUE
James Abram Garfield
(November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881)
President James A. Garfield, who had been in
office just under four months, succumbed to
wounds inflicted by an assassin 80 days
earlier, on July 2.
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