Among the most strategically vital objectives for the United States forces in the Pacific during World War II were three islands in the Marianas: Saipan, Guam and Tinian. Close enough to the Japanese ...
In a collaborative effort, the U.S. Air Force's 356th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group (ECEG) is undertaking significant restoration work at the North Field Airbase, a site steeped in history from ...
A former airbase used by the United States in World War II to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki is bustling with activity again. At this time, the US military is restoring ...
This collection consists of 504 black and white photographs, mostly taken on Tinian Island during World War II. The photographs are snapshots or small reproductions of official Army Air Corps ...
IT COULD BE a giant archaeological dig. Bulldozers tear at the jungle to reclaim the history of the second world war and its dark finale: the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago this ...
The United States is expanding "air corridors" that will deliver combat power to China's doorstep in a future conflict.