The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command. It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The command serves as Air For
B-17 Flying Fortresses over Eastern Europe during World War II
B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 398th Air Expeditionary Group fly a bombing run to Neumünster, Germany, on 13 April 1945; three weeks later, on 8 May, Nazi Germany surrendered, and Victory in Europe Day was declared.
Aircraft and ground crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress of the 358th Bombardment Squadron and 303rd Bombardment Group, RAF Molesworth, known as the "Hell's Angels". This was the first B-17 to complete 25 combat missions in the Eighth Air Force, on 13 May 1943; after completing 48 missions, the aircraft returned to the United States on 20 January 1944, for a publicity tour.
North American P-51 Mustangs from the 375th Fighter Squadron and 361st Fighter Squadron during World War II in July 1944
The 100th Air Refueling Wing, nicknamed the Bloody Hundredth, is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. It is stationed
Eighth Air Force
…97th Bombardment Group: 20 May – 14 September 1942 100th Bombardment Group: c. 4 June 1943 – 4 June 1943 301st Bombardment Group: c. 9 August 1942 – 14 September 1942…
Dedication of wing KC-135 as Skipper III to honor a former 351st Bombardment Squadron B-17
A 100th Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress
350th Bombardment Squadron B-17 Badger's Beauty V