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  • From Pearl Harbor attack to ‘tradition of service’

    It all started on a quiet Sunday morning 77 years ago. A young U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft maintainer went out to the flight line Dec. 7, 1941, to welcome Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft scheduled to arrive at Hickam Field, Hawaii. In the distance, the sound of planes could be heard,

  • Citizen Airmen embrace, extend ‘Old Glory’

    At a solemn commemoration ceremony this morning marking the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, an American flag flew over the battleship USS Arizona Memorial, where 1,177 Sailors lost their lives Dec. 7, 1941.