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Bronze Statue of Tuskegee Airman Found After Theft from Detroit City Park
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bronze Statue of Tuskegee Airman Found After Theft from Detroit City Park

Associated Press  

A 600-pound bronze statue of a Tuskegee airman has been found after it was stolen from a city park in Detroit. The statue of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson was reported missing Wednesday evening from Rouge Park on Detroit’s far west side, police said. It appeared to have been sawed off at the ankles. The statue was unveiled in June and …

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Masamitsu Yoshioka, airman thought to be the last survivor of the Japanese attackers at Pearl Harbor
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Masamitsu Yoshioka, airman thought to be the last survivor of the Japanese attackers at Pearl Harbor

The Telegraph  

Masamitsu Yoshioka, who has died aged 106, was a navigator and bombardier in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was thought to be the last survivor of those who attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941. By the time he arrived at Pearl Harbor just before 08:00, having flown nearly two hours across the Pacific, the surprise attack on the United …

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Remains identified of Wisconsin airman who died during World War II bombing mission over Germany
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Remains identified of Wisconsin airman who died during World War II bombing mission over Germany

Hindustan Times  

RACINE, Wis. — Military scientists have identified the remains of a Wisconsin airman who died during World War II when his plane was shot down over Germany during a bombing mission. Remains identified of Wisconsin airman who died during World War II bombing mission over Germany The remains of U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Ralph H. Bode, 20, of …

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Two US military airmen seek to become conscientious objectors over Gaza war
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Two US military airmen seek to become conscientious objectors over Gaza war

Al Jazeera  

Months after US airman Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire to protest against the war, two others are protesting. Two active members of the United States Air Force wish to leave military service and become conscientious objectors over Washington’s support for the Israeli military in Gaza. Larry Hebert and Juan Bettancourt say they no longer wish to serve the US …

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US airman dies after setting himself ablaze outside Israeli Embassy in Israel-Hamas war protest
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US airman dies after setting himself ablaze outside Israeli Embassy in Israel-Hamas war protest

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON — An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after he set himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while declaring that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide." Investigators believe Bushnell had been staying at a Travelodge in Silver Spring, Maryland, which was searched Monday by federal agents, a law enforcement official said. …

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US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

Al Jazeera  

Aaron Bushnell yelled ‘Free Palestine!’ then lit himself on fire near the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC. A member of the United States air force who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington in an apparent protest against Israel’s war in Gaza has died, the Pentagon says. US media reports said Bushnell livestreamed himself on the …

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US airman sets himself on fire outside Israel embassy to protest ‘genocide’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US airman sets himself on fire outside Israel embassy to protest ‘genocide’

Al Jazeera  

Active duty airman reportedly said he did not want to be ‘complicit in genocide’ as he lit himself on fire. An active member of the United States military has set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, according to officials, in an apparent act of protest against Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. The agency said emergency responders …

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US airman who 'fell in love with the Chinese people'
1 year ago

US airman who 'fell in love with the Chinese people'

China Daily  

Clifford Long Junior and other members of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation visit the Great Wall in Beijing on Oct 29. When Clifford Long Junior, 70, son of Clifford Long Senior, a member of the "Flying Tigers" — the US World War II air force veterans helped the Chinese people in their War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression — visited …

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US airman who 'fell in love with the Chinese people'
1 year ago

US airman who 'fell in love with the Chinese people'

China Daily  

Clifford Long Junior and other members of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation visit the Great Wall in Beijing on Oct 29. When Clifford Long Junior, 70, son of Clifford Long Senior, a member of the "Flying Tigers" — the US World War II air force veterans helped the Chinese people in their War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression — visited …

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Court hearing delayed for airman accused in documents leak
1 year, 8 months ago

Court hearing delayed for airman accused in documents leak

LA Times  

A hearing to decide whether a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman charged with leaking highly classified military documents should remain jailed while awaiting trial has been delayed to give the defense more time to prepare. Teixeira is accused of sharing highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues in a chat room on Discord, a …

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New book on downed WWII US airman tells heroic tale
3 years, 6 months ago

New book on downed WWII US airman tells heroic tale

China Daily  

Daniel Jackson, author of Fallen Tigers-The Fate of America's Missing Airmen in China during World War II, poses with China's Consul General in Los Angeles Zhang Ping and Jeffrey Greene, chairman of Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation, at a press conference announcing the publication of the book in Los Angeles, June 18, 2021. "The more I learned about this story, the …

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"I felt hate more than anything": How an active duty Airman tried to start a civil war
3 years, 8 months ago

"I felt hate more than anything": How an active duty Airman tried to start a civil war

Salon  

It was 2:20 p.m. on June 6, 2020, and Steven Carrillo, a 32-year-old Air Force sergeant who belonged to the anti-government Boogaloo Bois movement, was on the run in the tiny mountain town of Ben Lomond, California. In a federal indictment unsealed on Friday, prosecutors said Carrillo and four members of the Grizzly Scouts, including its leader, "discussed tactics involving …

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WW2 Hurricane airman mistook glare from Channel Island greenhouses for Dover Cliffs
3 years, 10 months ago

WW2 Hurricane airman mistook glare from Channel Island greenhouses for Dover Cliffs

Daily Mail  

An RAF pilot who mistook greenhouses for the White Cliffs of Dover parachuted into Nazi-occupied territory and spent four years of the Second World War as a prisoner. Sergeant Robert Stirling was part of the Royal Air Force's 87 Squadron and lost his bearings while chasing a German bomber towards France in April 1941. Sergeant Robert Stirling was part of …

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Pilot of downed Pakistan Air Force F-16 Shahaz-ud-Din mistaken for Indian airman, lynched by Nowshera mob
5 years, 10 months ago

Pilot of downed Pakistan Air Force F-16 Shahaz-ud-Din mistaken for Indian airman, lynched by Nowshera mob

Firstpost  

Pakistan Air Force Wing Commander Shahaz-ud-Din, the F-16 pilot shot down in a dogfight over the Nowshera sector, is reported to have been lynched by a mob who mistook him for an Indian airman New Delhi: Even as Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman walked across the India-Pakistan border on 1 March, a family in Pakistan is in mourning — silent, blacked …

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