Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Today, we salute WWII Air Force Veteran Lester Schrenk. Lester was a Sergeant in the U.S.

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Second Lieutenant Clifford E. Rowe is listed on the National Archives Gold Star Honor Roll as being from Lafayette County, ...

Lester Schrenk, a former U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 gunner who was shot down over Denmark in February 1944, spent about half ...

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Freedom Shield 25 is focused on combined operations in a join all-domain environment, demonstrating the readiness of U.S. and ...

Schrenk, known as "Les," was a Sergeant in the U.S. Eighth Air Force, serving with the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron. He was captured on Feb. 22, 1944, after his B-17 bomber, "Pot O' Gold," was ...

The odds of a B-17 crewman surviving the 25 missions required ... U.S. military attaché to act as a liaison between the Eighth Air Force and the Royal Air Force’s Fighter command.

Using a weighted average places more emphasis on airframes that the service has more of — such as the C-17 Globemaster ... In the case of the Air Force’s 76 B-52Hs, which have been flying ...