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  • An Austrian V-J Day: The 371st Fighter Group and the Victory over Japan

    When Japan announced its surrender on August 15, 1945, effectively ending the war in the Pacific, an interim period transpired before Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) was officially proclaimed. On the other side of the planet, August 15 found an impact on the 371st Fighter Group, the future 142nd

  • Redhawk Squadron on Victory over Japan Day

    In this story's primary image from the Second World War, a quartet of 35th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron* (35th PRS) Lockheed F-5E Lightning photo reconnaissance aircraft stand on the highest ground around at a rain-sodden airfield, probably the squadron’s “G” Flight based forward at Nanning

  • Redhawks at the Victory and the Journey Home

    As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II on 2 September 1945, let us recall the role Oregon’s first aviation unit, the 123rd Observation Squadron, played in the war. The 123rd Obs was activated on 18 April 1941 in Portland, Oregon. After a brief period of training and