On April 18, 1942, 16 U.S. Army B-25 Mitchell bombers launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet and struck Tokyo and ...

After Pearl Harbor, America needed a strike that seemed almost impossible. James Doolittle’s plan to launch B-25 bombers from ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The last living Doolittle Raider will be honored at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on the 75th anniversary of the raid on Tokyo. Three of four surviving Doolittle Raiders will gather ...

The Air & Space Forces Association is proud to host its annual Doolittle Raiders Memorial Toast on April 17, 2026, to commemorate the 84th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. This year's ceremony will ...

Lt. Richard E. Cole had yet to fly a combat mission in the early days of April 1942, and when the man he’d trained with fell ill, it looked like he might be out of luck. But the operations officer had ...