After the Doolittle Raid struck Tokyo, one B-25 did not follow the others toward China. Plane No. 8 landed in the Soviet ...

In April 1942, sixteen American bombers launched from USS Hornet and struck Japan in one of the most daring raids of World War II. Led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, the mission sent B-25 ...

The last living Doolittle Raider will be honored at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on the 75th anniversary of the raid on Tokyo. Three of four surviving Doolittle Raiders will gather ...

FILE - In this April 17, 1987 file photo, thirty members of Jimmy Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders pose for a group picture in front of a B-25J bomber in Torrance, Calif., as they gather for a reunion.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The last surviving member of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, who helped strike the Japanese homeland after Pearl Harbor, has passed away. Retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole passed away ...

The Air & Space Forces Association is proud to host its annual Doolittle Raiders Memorial Toast on April 17, 2026, to commemorate the 84th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. This year's ceremony will ...