by Richard Dunn | Nov 3, 2025 | Japanese
In the summer of 1940, the Mitsubishi Type Zero carrier fighter fresh from service testing was sent to China for its introduction to combat. From its first engagement with Chinese fighters, it achieved amazing success. Chinese fighters soon began avoiding combat. Over...
by Richard Dunn | Sep 11, 2025 | Allied Forces
In December 1939, the U.S. War Department directed the Hawaiian Department, the senior Army command in Hawaii, to establish a capability to detect and track aircraft in the vicinity of the islands. Plans for an Aircraft Warning Service (AWS) were to be formulated by...
by Richard Dunn | Jul 29, 2025 | Allied Forces
What more could be said about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December 1941 that has not already been said? At first I thought about Lieutenant Kermit Tyler and his “Well, don’t worry about it” or “Forget it” comment in response to a telephone report...
by Richard Dunn | Jul 3, 2025 | Japanese
This article focuses on one pilot’s story—Lt. Noriyuki Saito, a Japanese fighter pilot who flew missions over Burma during WWII. Through his experience, we gain rare perspective and insight into the other side of the Burma air war. His story sheds light on the...
by Richard Dunn | May 5, 2025 | Allied Forces
Few figures loom as large in the transformation of American military technology as Bernard (Bennie) Schriever. More engineer than warrior, Schriever nonetheless helped reshape the U.S. Air Force’s strategic posture during the Cold War—not through bombers or...
