A bipartisan group of senators and House members has introduced legislation that would award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders of World War II. H.R. 1209 and S. 381, the respective House and Senate bills, would honor these 80 airmen—four of whom are still alive today—for their “outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to the United States” in conducting their daring bombing mission against Tokyo on April 18, 1942, less than four months after the Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor. Rep. Pete Olson (R-Tenn.) introduced H.R. 1209 last month. As of April 8, the bill had 22 co-sponsors. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) presented S. 381 in late February. It had 11 co-sponsors as of Monday. (For an account of the bombing mission, read Doolittle’s Raid from Air Force Magazine’s archives.)
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…