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77 Years of Courage

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. The aircraft carrier Hornet had 16 AAF B-25s on deck, ready for the Tokyo Raid. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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77 Years of Courage

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. The aircraft carrier Hornet had 16 AAF B-25s on deck, ready for the Tokyo Raid.(U.S. Air Force photo)
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77 Years of Courage

The USS Hornet, a U.S. Navy vessel, launches Doolittle's force at the start of the first U.S. air raid on the Japenese home lands. 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. (Courtesy Photo)
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77 Years of Courage

Doolittle (center) with members of his crew and Chinese officials following their bailout near Quzhou, China. 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. (Courtesy Photo)
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77 Years of Courage

Retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, co-pilot to Jimmy Doolittle during the Doolittle Raid, smiles as he honors the U.S. flag during the singing of the National Anthem at an airshow in Burnet, Texas. Cole passed away April 8, 2019, and will be honored during a memorial service at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, on the 77th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, April 18, 2019. For more information, see the bottom of the article “77 Years of Courage”. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
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77 Years of Courage

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. The aircraft carrier Hornet had 16 AAF B-25s on deck, ready for the Tokyo Raid. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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77 Years of Courage

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. The aircraft carrier Hornet had 16 AAF B-25s on deck, ready for the Tokyo Raid. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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30 seconds of green

A U.S. Army paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division prepares for the green "jump" light prior to a static line jump from a McChord C-17 Globemaster III March 3, 2017, somewhere over Fort Bragg, N.C. The late-night jump took place in darkness in order to exercise a tactical, nighttime infiltration into enemy territory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Sean Tobin)
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30 seconds of green

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division sit aboard a McChord C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to a static line jump in support of a joint readiness exercise March 3, 2017, at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. During the exercise, U.S. Air Force aircraft dropped more than 2,400 Army personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Sean Tobin)
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30 seconds of green

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division board a McChord C-17 Globemaster III prior to a personnel drop March 3, 2017, at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. The exercise took place to provide hands-on training to Air Mobility Command aircrews while supporting Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Sean Tobin)
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30 seconds of green

Staff Sgt. Justin Baez, 7th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, prepares a drogue chute aboard a McChord C-17 Globemaster III prior to a heavy equipment drop March 3, 2017, at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. The equipment drop was part of a joint readiness exercise, also known as a Battalion Mass Tac exercise, with Airmen and Army Airborne members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Sean Tobin)
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