Always leading from the front, Jimmy Doolittle helped pave the way for today's Air Force. This week, we will honor the Airmen who conducted one of the most daring military missions in American history.#WWII75 #KnowYourMil U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) | U.S. Army | U.S. Navy | United States Air Force

On your mark, get set, FLY! Jimmy Doolittle is best known for the Doolittle Raid against the Japanese in World War II. But did you know he was also an accomplished air racer? On this day in 1932 at the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, Jimmy Doolittle set the landplane speed record in the No. 11 Gee Bee R-1, a wicked fast airplane that Doolittle called too hot to handle. | EAA - The Spirit of Aviation