Doolittle Raider visits museum for anniversary event

Maj. Thomas C. Griffin (right), one of five surviving members of the famous Doolittle Raiders, chats with crew members of the Miss Hap B-25 bomber at the National Museum of the United States Air Force April 17, 2012. Griffin and other Raiders are at the museum this week for the 70th anniversary of the famous Doolittle Raid. On April 18, 1942, 80 airmen took off in B-25 bombers from the aircraft carrier Hornet on a top-secret mission to bomb Japan. Some 20 B-25s gathered at the museum and will take part in a memorial flyover April 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ron Fry)

AFMC commander sews stitch in National 9/11 Flag

Air Force Materiel Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman sews a stitch into the National 9/11 Flag during a ceremony at the National Museum of the U,S. Air Force prior to the AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo June 24, 2011. The flag was flying near the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, and was all but destoryed by the terrorist attacks. It is being stitched back togehter while on a 50-state tour. Stitches are added by military members, veterans, first responders and a vareity of community service heroes. The Ohio patch to the flag came from a flag flown outside AFMC Headquarters. Sponsored by the New York Says Thank You Foundation, the flag will eventually be displayed at the National 9/11 Museum to be built at the World Trade Center site. Assisting General Hoffman was Carolyn Deters of the foundation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ron Fry)

Air Force Materiel Command Tattoo 2010

Gen. Donald Hoffman presents a Wright Flyer to Lt. Gen. Jongheon Park, commander of the Education and Training Command for the Republic of Korea Air Force at the Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo June 25, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The sixth annual event took place on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The Tattoo attracted more than 75,000 people for an evening of music, military ceremony, aircraft flyovers and fireworks. General Hoffman is AFMC commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Air Force Materiel Command Tattoo 2010

Gen. Donald Hoffman presents Ralph Hoehn with the Distinguished Flying Cross at the Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo on June 25 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. During World War II, then Lieutenant Hoehn, a member of the 491st Bombardment Group, piloted B-24 Liberators for 35 missions in the skies over Europe. The sixth annual Tattoo attracted more than 75,000 people for an evening of music, military ceremony, aircraft flyovers and fireworks. General Hoffman is AFMC commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Air Force Materiel Command Tattoo 2010

A B-52 Stratofortress performs a flyover of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force June 25, 2010 during Air Force Materiel Command's sixth annual Tattoo. The free event attracted more than 75,000 people to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for an evening of music, military ceremony, aircraft flyovers and fireworks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Air Force Materiel Command Tattoo 2010

A World War II B-17 Flying Fortress flys over the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force June 25, 2010 during Air Force Materiel Command's sixth annual Tattoo. The free event attracted more than 75,000 people to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for an evening of music, military ceremony, aircraft flyovers and fireworks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)