In April 1942 Japan believed it was untouchable - its capital calm, confident, and far from the front lines. Then, without warning, American bombers roared over Tokyo in a mission no one thought ...

In April 1942, sixteen B-25 bombers launched from the deck of USS Hornet — an act no one thought possible. The Doolittle Raid hit Tokyo months after Pearl Harbor, a daring gesture meant to restore ...

(AP) – THE TIME: Still reeling from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Americans in early spring 1942 were seeing Japanese forces rolling through the Pacific, taking thousands of ...

Maj. Jimmie Doolittle, former champion speed pilot of the army, was in Chicago, superintending the completion of a mystery plane, he will fly in the national air races at Cleveland, Aug. 22, 1931. The ...

As we approach the 82nd anniversary of the famed Doolittle Raiders’ attack on Tokyo on April 18, 1942, we should take time to commemorate the key roles played by a Darlington pilot and Columbia’s Fort ...

The Doolittle Raid was the first major strike against the Japanese homeland in World War II. Launched on April 18, 1942, four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the mission saw 16 B-25 Mitchell ...

Ukraine is launching daring attacks against Russia, drawing comparisons to Japan’s raid on Pearl Harbor. A closer precedent, though, would be America’s Doolittle Raid on Tokyo — cause for celebrations ...

Richard E. Cole, who was Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the lead plane of a storied mission in the history of American air power, the bombing raid on Japan in retaliation for its attack on Pearl Harbor ...

About this story On the 62nd anniversary of Col. Jimmy Doolittle's daring raid on Tokyo, when America answered Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Missoulian recounted the mission with the help of ...

Rod Davis, an Athens man who over the years has accumulated a wealth of information about World War II, will deliver a presentation on a bombing mission that occurred over Japan on Sunday at the ...

Numerous U.S. military programs are running years behind schedule, but one is running almost like clockwork, at least by procurement standards. In 2019, United States Air Force officials had suggested ...