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James Howell Howard (April 8, 1913 – March 18, 1995) was a general in the United States Air Force and one of just two fighter pilots in the European Theater of Operations in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor—the United States military's highest decoration.
Howard, James H. 2.33 [4] or 6 [26] 6.33 [4] Howard was one of six squadron leaders. He later became the only pilot in the European Theater to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Hurst, Lynn A. Jernstedt, Kenneth A. 3 [4] 10.5 [4] He and William Reed shared credit for 15 airplanes destroyed on the ground on one mission. Jones, Thomas A. 1 [4] 4 [4]
James H. Howard was the commander of 356th Fighter Squadron. As a Flying Tiger , he scored 6 kills in the Pacific Theater before joining the Army Air Corps in 1943. He received the Medal of Honor for single-handedly defending a bomber formation from more than 30 attackers for more than 30 minutes, confirmedly shooting down 2 and probably ...
C. John Tucker Campbell; Richard G. Candelaria; Howard Cannon; Robert Cardenas; Paul K. Carlton; George Carpenter (pilot) John Wilson Carpenter III; Bruce W. Carr
The Army officially identified the pilot as Capt. Rebecca Lobach, 28, one of the three-person crew inside the UH-60 Black Hawk. ... and was set to become a professor at Howard University School of ...
DETROIT — Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of World War II’s mostly Black 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100. He was 100.
A landing gear failure caused the private jet owned by Vince Neil – the lead singer of Mötley Crüe – to crash into a parked private jet on Monday, killing its 78-year-old co-pilot.
Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. (February 11, 1920 – February 25, 1978) was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force who, in 1975, became the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general in the United States Armed Forces.