It was after midnight on June 19, 1968, when U.S. Navy Lt. Clyde Lassen and his helicopter crew flew into the jungle of North Vietnam to rescue two Navy aviators whose fighter jet had been shot down.

ALA has selected "James" by Percival Everett and "A Walk in the Park" by Kevin Fedarko as the winners of the 2025 Carnegie ...

The Tuskegee Airmen, known as the “Red Tails” were the nation’s first Black military pilots who served in a segregated WWII ...

Trump's executive order halting DEI means the Air Force no longer teaches recruits about WWII's Tuskegee Airmen and the Women ...

Fairfield police said they received reports that protesters allegedly threw rocks at vehicles outside Travis Air Force Base on Thursday afternoon, but protest organizers are ...

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As I noted in my recent story on the passing of Col. Perry Dahl (USAF, ret.) at the ripe old age of 101, American fighter aces—i.e., combat aviators who destroyed five or more enemy aircraft in aerial ...

Washington DC [US], January 12 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Sunday conferred Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, recognising the Pope's significant influence ...

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Jan 11 and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honour, the White House said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom ... he commands us to fight for peace and protect the planet ...