During World War II, the now-legendary VIII Bomber Command (often referred to as the Eighth Air Force) served as the principal American force assembled to attack Germany from the air. For several ...

to take pictures of the VIII Bomber Command, commonly known as the Eighth Air Force or The Mighty 8th. The photographs, executed in brilliant hues that make them look almost like oil paintings ...

Within weeks of the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s official entry into the Second World War, Allied forces in Europe activated the now-legendary VIII Bomber Command (often ...

The Eighth Air Force traces its lineage to the VIII Bomber Command, which was activated on Feb. 1, 1942, at Langley Field, Virginia, as part of the expansion of the U.S. Army Air Force ...

Shortly after the 1942 deployment of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Britain, LIFE Magazine sent Margaret Bourke-White to spend time with the now legendary VIII Bomber Command. During her assignment ...

The VIII Bomber Command, later known as the Eighth Air Force, was sent to England in February 1942 weeks after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The so-called “Mighty Eighth ...

A memorial to the 55,573 airmen of Bomber Command who died taking the fight to Nazi Germany during World War II has been unveiled by the Queen. Their mission was to attack Germany's air bases ...