Gen. Henry H. Arnold’s leadership of the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II was extraordinary, but his series of six books in the mid-1920s inspired a new generation of airmen.

Aviation pioneer Henry “Hap” Arnold (above: with the Fly Fortress "Memphis Bell") lead the Army Air Force to victory in World War II and later establish the U.S. Air Force as the best in the ...

Military historian Bill Yenne talked about his book, [Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the U.S. Air Force], in which he recounts the career of General Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold, commanding ...

In 1938, Hap Arnold became chief of the Air Corps, and by 1942 he planned the purchase of 75,000 airplanes. Hap Arnold decided to settle in the Bay Area when he commanded troops at Crissy Field.

The rising clamor for a separate, independent U.S. air force last week impelled the War Department to take action. Reporting this action to Congress, in an effort to stave off more drastic changes ...

Gen. Henry ‘Hap’ Arnold, shown in the late 1940s. ... is installed in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, Nov. 29, 2022.

The Army announced last week that a new Australia-to-U.S. flight record had been hung up: 35 hours 53 minutes from Brisbane to San Francisco in a C87 (transport version of Consolidated's ...