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This Week in USAF and PACAF History 18 – 24 April[removed]Apr 1942 Doolittle Raid. Colonel James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle led 16 B–25s from the aircraft carrier Hornet to bomb Tokyo and other sites in the first U.S.
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Document Date: 2011-04-29 20:50:52

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Tokyo / Edinburgh / /

Continent

America / /

Country

Japan / United States / Australia / Korea / China / Iran / /

Facility

Edwards AFB / Air Force Flight Test Center / Travis Air Force Base / /

IndustryTerm

carrier fleet / carrier-based aircraft / aircraft carrier / windy landing site / /

NaturalFeature

Bougainville Island / /

Organization

Fifth Air Force / 8th Special Operations Squadron / Air Force Flight Test Center / Joint Force Air Component / Air Force / Department of Defense / New / Army / United States Marine Corps / U.S. Embassy in Tehran / Navy / /

Person

John W. Mitchell / Lyn McIntosh / Joel Mayo / John F. Kennedy / Harold Johnson / Hal Lewis / Benjamin O. Davis / James Kyle / Charles McMillan / Thomas G. Lanphier / Jr. / Leo K. Thorsness / Isoroku Yamamoto / Richard Bakke / Rex T. Barber / /

Position

Captain / Colonel / wing commander / Colonel / President / Sergeant / Commander / Major / Admiral / First Lieutenant / wing commander / /

Product

B-25s / F-86 Sabres / F-105 / swept wing / C-141 / C-130s / MiG-17 / /

ProvinceOrState

California / /

Region

North Vietnam / /

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