These operations by light airplanes were small compared with those of World War II, but they did demonstrate the efficacy of the strategic air offensive. In the year 2000, the Air Force decided to integrate information operations into Eighth Air Force. The assaults were violent, head-on passes that resulted in high casualties among the lead crews. On 22 March, over 800 bombers, led by H2X radar equipped bombers hit Berlin yet again, bombing targets through a thick rainy overcast causing more destruction to various industries. function prependClosing() { 226 Squadron RAF) commanded by Captain Charles C. Kegelman attacked four airfields [b] in the On 21 January 1951, Lt. Col. William Bertram, commander of the 523rd Fighter-Escort Squadron, shot down the first MiG-15 for the wing and became the first F-84 pilot with a confirmed MiG kill. Says Matzen, "The Eighth Air Force was determined to knock out the German aircraft manufacturing capabilities, so they looked for one week where they could have clear weather to have a series. Having almost total air superiority throughout the collapsing German Reich, Eighth Air Force hit targets as far east as Hungary, while Fifteenth Air Force hit oil industry facilities in Yugoslavia, Romania, and northeastern Italy. The 1948 blockade of West Berlin by the Eastern bloc and the outbreak of the Cold War caused the United States to deploy SAC's B-29 bomber force back to the United Kingdom and West Germany. The second Schweinfurt raid, [10] also called Black Thursday, was a World War II air battle that took place on 14 October 1943, over Nazi Germany between forces of the United States 8th Air Force and German Luftwaffe fighter arm ( Jagdwaffe ). Units assigned to Eighth Air Force in the Pacific were: The atomic bombings of Japan led to the Japanese surrender before Eighth Air Force saw action in the Pacific theater. function getDetailsURL(fbObj) { The first air attacks against Warsaw start. By the end of the mission, the Eighth Air Force had lost 30 bombers and 300 men. Eighth Air Force controls long-range nuclear-capable bomber assets throughout the United States and overseas locations. Here is B-17 Rose Marie, which served in the 390th Bombing Group. return '