Over Memorial Day weekend, a sea of 26,000 vintage 48-star American flags blanketed the grounds of the Mighty 8th Air Force ...

The Eighth Air Force accounted for roughly half of all U.S. Army Air Force casualties, and its 26,000 fatality count trumps the total number of Marine fatalities (24,511). As the series and Miller ...

Michael Uhrin was assigned to the 369th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, 40th Combat Wing, 8th Air Force in the European ... one of many missing and casualties that fateful day.

Of the more than 115,000 casualties the Army Air Force suffered in the war, almost half came from the 8th, with more than 26,000 killed. So perhaps don’t get too attached to some of the ...

The sign reads “Birthplace of Eighth Air Force” and in 175 words summarizes the origins of a military unit that changed the course of history. America redefined airborne warfare in World War ...

By war’s end, over 47,000 of the 115,000 U.S. Army Air Force casualties were from the Eighth. “When we were preparing to go overseas our commanding officer called us together and said ...