Apr 12, 2019

Around the Air Force: Doolittle Raider passes / Computer language initiative

On this look Around the Air Force, U.S. Pacific Air Forces and Southeast Asia Nations Center for Military Medicine are working to establish a disease outbreak surveillance system, the Air Force is creating a computer language initiative to make more Airmen fluent in computer languages and the last surviving Doolittle Raider, Lt. Col. Dick Cole, passes away at the age of 103. Hosted by Senior Airman Angelo Rosario.

Apr 12, 2019

Memorial for final WWII Doolittle Raider scheduled for April 18

A memorial service to celebrate the life of retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole will be held at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, April 18, beginning at 3 p.m. in Hangar 41.

Apr 19, 2019

Lt. Col. Dick Cole, the Doolittle Raiders made history, planted the seeds for today’s Air Force

When Lt. Col. Dick Cole pushed the throttles forward April 18, 1942 to coax the lumbering, indecisive B-25 Mitchell bomber off the rolling deck of the USS Hornet for an audacious raid on Tokyo, he had no conception of space as a warfighting domain. “Cyber” would not be a word for several more decades; drones, GPS and mid-air refueling were nothing more than fanciful science fiction.

Apr 19, 2019

Final Doolittle Raider’s tradition of honor, legacy of valor celebrated at memorial

The tradition of honor and legacy of valor that defined the life of retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole were celebrated during a memorial service at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, April 18.

Apr 9, 2019

Lt Col Dick Cole, last surviving Doolittle Raider, passes away at age 103

A legendary chapter in Air Force history has come to a close. Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole, the last survivor of the “Doolittle Raid,” died April 9, in San Antonio.

Apr 12, 2019

Yesterday’s Air Force: The Doolittle Raid

After a string of defeats in America’s early days of World War II, the president ordered a mission to strike Japan and to help improve the morale of the American people.

Jun 28, 2016

Montana's last Doolittle Raider honored

Seventy-four years after the historic Doolittle Tokyo Raid, former Staff Sgt. David J. Thatcher, one of two remaining Doolittle Raiders, was laid to rest June 27 in Missoula. He was 94.

Apr 20, 2016

Randolph remembers Doolittle Raid’s impact on WWII

The Doolittle Raiders were honored at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, April 18 during a ceremony marking the 74th anniversary of their Tokyo raid during World War II. Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, a co-pilot in Doolittle’s bomber and one of two surviving Raiders, was in attendance and recalled his time flying with the commander.

Apr 16, 2015

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders receive Congressional Gold Medal

Leaders from the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate presented the Congressional Gold Medal to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders April 15 at the U.S. Capitol Visitor’s Center Emancipation Hall.

Apr 16, 2007

Jimmy Doolittle: famed airpower pioneer

The man the "Doolittle Raiders" are named for may not be a household name today, but James H.