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    Il y a 2 jours · Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a US Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, from 1961 to 1965.

  2. 9 juin 2024 · Three Airmen received Air Force Global Strike Command’s Gen. Curtis E. LeMay award after averting a catastrophe aboard a B-52 in 2022.

  3. Il y a 18 heures · The most interesting thing about Curtis LeMay’s bomb-slinging gaffe was the condemnation it aroused at the time. The idea of bombing a country back to the Stone Age equated — often uneasily — technological prowess with its civilization: the obliteration of its roads, hospitals, and universities would return it to savagery.

  4. Il y a 1 jour · He served as a top aide to Gen. Curtis LeMay at Offutt Air Force Base before his retirement. His wife, as one of the 10,000 people involved in the Enigma codebreaking program, fed intercepted German messages into an electromechanical machine known as a “bombe.”

  5. 14 juin 2024 · The Air Force Global Strike Command General Curtis E. LeMay award for the outstanding bomber crew category was awarded to a B-52H Stratofortress bomber crew recently during the 2023 AFGSC Operations Awards.

  6. 20 juin 2024 · With U.S. forces firmly established in the Marianas, the strategic bombing of Japan continued under the command of Gen. Curtis E. LeMay throughout the closing months of 1944 and into 1945. However, it was still 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Saipan to Tokyo, a long flight even for LeMay’s B-29s.

  7. Il y a 3 jours · General Curtis LeMay stated why he ordered the systematic carpet bombing of Japanese cities: We were going after military targets. No point in slaughtering civilians for the mere sake of slaughter.