82 years ago today Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle led the audacious first U.S. airstrike on mainland Japan from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in what became known as the “Doolittle Raid”. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Military servicemen stand aboard the deck of the USS Hornet. As a patriotic American, over the next several years, you should ...

Interservice rivalry burst into visible flame last week when scrappy, articulate Lieut. General James Doolittle sat down before the Senate Military Affairs Committee to testify. He had had dealings ...

The Doolittle Raid, executed 81 years ago, was the United States' first retaliatory strike against Japan after Pearl Harbor, marked as an extraordinary aviation feat despite its limited tactical ...

After Pearl Harbor, America needed a strike that seemed almost impossible. James Doolittle’s plan to launch B-25 bombers from an aircraft carrier pushed crews, aircraft, and strategy to the edge ...

Weighed down with extra gas, stripped of unnecessary equipment, the first of 16 twin-engine bombers roared to life. Early on April 18, 1942, it screamed down the flight deck of the USS Hornet aircraft ...

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April 9 (UPI) --The last surviving member of World War II's so-called Doolittle Raid, retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, died Tuesday at a San Antonio hospital, his family said. He was 103. Cole's daughter, ...

Sept. 24 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1789, the Judiciary Act of 1789 was passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a ...

On September 3, 1932-93 years ago today-renowned aviator James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle set a new world landplane speed record during the Cleveland National Air Races. Flying the formidable Gee Bee R-1 ...