Considered an aviation pioneer by many, Billy Mitchell (1879-1936) recognized the potential of air power as an integral part of national defense. His strong beliefs led to a court-martial for insubordination in the 1920s. The key role played by air...

(b. December 29, 1879; d. February 19, 1936) Commander of Air Service, First U.S. Army during World War I, and airpower theorist. Billy Mitchell's leadership was instrumental in the early development of American air forces, and his ideas about...

William Lendrum "Billy" Mitchell (December 28, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was an American general who is regarded as the father of the U.S. Air Force. He was regarded as one of the most famous and most controversial figures in American airpower...

Billy Mitchell by James J. Cooke. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. (http://www.rienner.com), 1800 30th Street, Suite 314, Boulder, Colorado 80301, 2002, 305 pages, $49.95. Billy Mitchell has always been a controversial figure in American military history. On the one hand, soldiers and sailors usually...

ALTHOUGH HE was an eloquent and fiery tenor saxophone soloist, Billy Mitchell was never taken to the bosom of the concert-going jazz public. He looked prickly and the heavy-framed spectacles that he wore gave him a Mephistophelian look. This was not deceptive, because he...

From the sky thousands of feet above, U.S. airplanes rained down 2,000-pound bombs on enemy targets. The bombs pierced the warships below, sinking all of them to the bottom of the sea. That scene took place not during World War II, but at Chesapeake Bay,...

Fans of the late "Godfather of Soul" began lining up outside Harlem's Apollo Theater early Thursday to pay their last respects as James Brown's body was driven from Georgia for his last date on the historic stage.A horse-drawn carriage waited to take Brown's casket through...