Being an old Air Force veteran and a baby boomer, pivotal and dramatic battles that surrounded our understanding of history…
James “Jimmy” Maitland Stewart was born in May 1908 in Indiana, Penn., to Elizabeth and Alexander Stewart. After earning a…
A new strategy during World War I involving the air and sky drastically altered the concept of warfare and allowed…
George Johnson was born in May 1920 in Seaford, Del., to James Johnson and Mary Johnson. He grew up with…
Lewis Millett was born in December 1920 in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and was raised in South Dartmouth, Mass. Enlisting in the Massachusetts…
Kermit Beahan was born Aug. 9, 1918, in Joplin, Mo.. He played football for Rice University before enlisting in the…
Alvin “Jack” Cline was born in Davenport, Iowa, on Sept. 5, 1918. At 12, he played trumpet in his older…
The door of a Nebraska Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker opens and a tall, slender man smiles as crew members…
Kenneth Chilstrom was born in Zumbrota, Minn., in 1921. He developed an interest in aviation at the age of eight when he watched an…
Navy Lt. j.g. Joseph R. Kerrey has been a lot of notable things in his life: a business owner, a…
