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  • Oversize map pulled from AFHRA, IRIS 115182. Map depicts landing points and crews associated with the planned Doolittle Raid on 18 April 1942.
  • Oversize map pulled from AFHRA, IRIS 115182. Map depicts TOKYO AAF TARGET - CHART NO 54, associated with the Doolittle Raid on 18 April 1942.
  • On 18 April 1942, airmen of the US Army Air Forces, led by Lt. Col. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried the Battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, and Kobe. This heroic attack against these major cities was the result of coordination between the Army Air Forces and the US Navy, which carried the sixteen North American B-25 medium bombers aboard the carrier USS Hornet to within take-off distance of the Japanese Islands. Here, a pair of alert escorts follow the USS Hornet to protect her lethal cargo of B-25 bombers. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
  • Crew No. 1 (Plane #40-2344, target Tokyo): 34th Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle, pilot; Lt. Richard E. Cole, copilot; Lt. Henry A. Potter, navigator; SSgt. Fred A. Braemer, bombardier; SSgt. Paul J. Leonard, flight engineer/gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo)
  • Crew No. 8 (Plane #40-2242, target Tokyo): 95th Bombardment Squadron, Capt. Edward J. York, pilot; Lt. Robert G. Emmens, copilot; Lt. Nolan A. Herndon, navigator/bombardier; SSgt. Theodore H. Laban, flight engineer; Sgt. David W. Pohl, gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo)
  • Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle (left front), leader of the attacking force, and Captain Marc A. Mitscher, Commanding Officer of USS Hornet (CV-8), pose with a 500-pound bomb and USAAF aircrew members during ceremonies on Hornet's flight deck, while the raid task force was en route to the launching point. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. NH 64472
  • Dr. William Head, 78th Air Base Wing chief historian for Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, gives some insight into the history of Robins and talks about his significant contributions as a writer, archivist and chronicler Jun. 8, 2024. Dr. Head has served as an antiquarian for over 40 years. (U.S. Air Force video by Tomarius Roberts)
  • Staff Sgt. Anthony Coe, RF Transmission Systems supervisor (front), and Senior Airman Zachary Blucker, 51st Combat Communications Squadron, render self-aid and buddy care to Staff Sgt. Austin Simons, RF Transmission Systems supervisor, following a simulated attack Dec. 7 at Savannah, Ga., Air National Guard Base’s Combat Readiness Training Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tommie Horton)
  • NASA astronaut and Space Force Col. Nick Hague is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN after he, fellow astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., March 18, 2025. Hague’s flight marked a significant moment in the history of the Space Force, as he became the first active-duty Guardian to fly to space and one of the first humans to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. He traveled 72,553,920 miles during his mission, spent 171 days in space, and completed 2,736 orbits around Earth. Hague has logged 374 days in space over his two missions. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of NASA by Keegan Barber)
  • NASA astronaut and Space Force Col. Nick Hague, fellow SpaceX Crew-9 members astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore – both retired Navy captains, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov land in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., March 18, 2025. Hague’s flight marked a significant moment in the history of the Space Force, as he became the first active-duty Guardian to fly to space and one of the first humans to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. He traveled 72,553,920 miles during his mission, spent 171 days in space, and completed 2,736 orbits around Earth. Hague has logged 374 days in space over his two missions. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of NASA by Keegan Barber)
  • NASA astronaut and Space Force Col. Nick Hague is pictured second from right with Butch Wilmore, left; Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, second from left; and Suni Williams, right; inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN shortly after having landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., March 18, 2025. Hague’s flight marked a significant moment in the history of the Space Force, as he became the first active-duty Guardian to fly to space and one of the first humans to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. He traveled 72,553,920 miles during his mission, spent 171 days in space, and completed 2,736 orbits around Earth. Hague has logged 374 days in space over his two missions. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of NASA by Keegan Barber)
  • Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronaut and Space Force Col. Nick Hague, as well as fellow astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Hague’s flight marked a significant moment in the history of the Space Force, as he became the first active-duty Guardian to fly to space and one of the first humans to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. He traveled 72,553,920 miles during his mission, spent 171 days in space, and completed 2,736 orbits around Earth. Hague has logged 374 days in space over his two missions. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of NASA by Keegan Barber)
  • Corporal James L. Roberts, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Division poses with his rifle.
  • Photo of a storyboard in the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2025. With 50 employees, the agency is open to the public and has 396 million documents dating back to World War I. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Figueroa.)
  • Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. James Tippins, does research at the Air Force Historical Research Agency on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2025. The AFHRA plays a crucial role in maintaining the stories of the Air Force service’s past, ensuring future generations have access to vital heritage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Figueroa.)
  • Timothy Brown, Air Force Historical Research Agency director, observes documents at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2025. The agency serves the Department of the Air Force, preserving history through a vast collection of documents, personal records and historical papers since its establishment in 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Figueroa.)
  • Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. James Tippins, does research at the Air Force Historical Research Agency on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2025. The agency serves the Department of the Air Force, preserving history through a vast collection of documents, personal records and historical papers since its establishment in 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Figueroa.)
  • Elizabeth Meads left, Archives technician and Melissa Lahue, Research Division chief of the Air Force Historical Research Agency, pose for a photo at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2025. The agency serves the Department of the Air Force, preserving history through a vast collection of documents, personal records and historical papers since its establishment in 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Figueroa.)
  • Robert Young points to the inside of a model V-2 ballistic missile engine during a guided tour he gave to U.S. AFIT students at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 16, 2025. The V-2 was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile and became the first artificial object to travel into space by crossing the Kármán line (edge of space) on June 20, 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristof J. Rixmann)
  • Robert Young details the history surrounding the Minuteman II (deactivated) and its successor, the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles to U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology students during a guided tour at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 16, 2025. Despite the Minuteman III being approximately 300 percent more accurate than its predecessor Young takes a certain pride in the Minuteman II because he started his U.S. Air Force career as a Minuteman II Missile Launch Officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristof J. Rixmann)
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AFHRA: Uncovering DAF history

Timothy Brown, Air Force Historical Research Agency director, observes documents at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Feb. 12, 2025. The agency serves the Department of the Air Force, preserving history through a vast collection of documents, personal records and historical papers since its establishment in 1943. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Figueroa.)

PHOTO BY: Elizabeth Figueroa Quinones
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