Some 1,250 U.S. bombers, escorted by 670 fighters, deal Berlin its heaviest daylight blow, dropping 3,000 tons of bombs on transportation and industrial areas in the largest air attack of the war.
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.
