Germany declared war on the United States a few days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. The American response was immediate: creation of an air force to carry the war to Germany.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Thursday hits home for many local veterans and their families. Its the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the air and sea invasion that would mark the beginning of the end of World War ...

Heroes of the Sky: The Mighty Eighth Air Force is a 2020 documentary. It honors the courageous American airmen who fought for freedom during World War II. Utilizing rare archival footage and firsthand ...

On Jan. 28, 1942, The U.S. Army Air Corps assigned seven men to the newly formed 8 th Air Force in Savannah, Georgia. At the time, the prospective pilots did not even have a plane, but before the end ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Thousands of flags are now spread across the grass outside the Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. That, after hundreds of volunteers helped out with the pre-Memorial Day set ...

The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, located in Pooler, GA, will host its monthly Author Talk on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., featuring Jay Stout, author of Hell's Angels: ...

John Homan poses with his book, “Into the Cold Blue: My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force.” Homan, who lives in State College, turned 100-years-old in January. Less than 1% of the ...

On October 8, 1943 John "Lucky" Luckadoo was on his 22nd mission with the 100th bombardment group, or the Bloody Hundredth, in the Eighth Air Force during World War II. Usually, on the later missions ...