An icon of the U.S. Air Force; a remarkably creative tactician; and one of the Cold War's fiercest warriors; General Curtis LeMay led a colorful if extremely controversial career. From early on he ...

During the 2023 Air Force Global Strike Command Operations Awards, the B-52 crew received the Air Force Global Strike Command General Curtis E. LeMay Award in the outstanding bomber crew category.

Gushiken Takamatsu said Curtis LeMay, who orchestrated the firebombing, should never have been given the honour.

Missing from all the gossip lists was the name of Strategic Air Commander Curtis LeMay, 50, one of the great military organizers of modern times, who does not wear a West Point ring (Ohio State ...

Air Force general Curtis LeMay, head of the strategic air command during the Korean War, estimated that the American campaign killed 20% of the population. “We went over there and fought the war ...

A group of activists is calling for the revocation of a Japanese government honor given to U.S. Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay, who masterminded the devastating firebombing of Tokyo during World War II.

Apparently the USA military thought LeMay did a fine job as only a few years later he was put in charge of the air campaign in Korea. “Over a period of three years or so, we killed off — what — 20 ...

An icon of the U.S. Air Force; a remarkably creative tactician; and one of the Cold War's fiercest warriors; General Curtis LeMay led a colorful if extremely controversial career. From early on he ...