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Recently I received an email from my good friend ,Jack Heyn. Jack served in the 3rd Attack Group from pre-war thru 1944. If there's any doubt on how these vets feel about their old Group. here's your answer!
"This bit of history is going out to family and friends, some of which could care less. But this old man has time on his hands and this will use some of it up. You all know that the 3rd Bomb. (Attack) Gp. was my home for 39 months of my youth - in some of the most Godforsaken spots of this old earth.
The 8th, 13th and 90th Sqs. all flew in WW I (one, that is). In 1919 they were brought together as the 3rd Bomb. Gp. Almost 100 years later they are still in existence; altho at times only on paper. Having been deactivated and reactivated a time or two, according to the needs of the Nation.
Today they are once again active and flying the Wild Blue Yonder to protect our shores. Shortly after WW II the 3rd Bomb. Group was redesignated the 3rd Bomb Wing. I believe it was in '93 that the volcano eruption drove them out of the Philipines, and to Alaska. Where they are still active.
The 8th Sq. is now the 8th Special Op. Sq. based at Hurlbert Field, Fla. They fly the CV-22 Osprey, which is a tilt=rotor aircraft.
The 13th Sq. is based at Whiteman Air Base in Mo. and fly the latest thing in Aircraft technology, the B-2 Stealth Bomber. They recently flew a mission to Libya, attacking some of Gadafi's installations. In 2005 I had the honor of attending the 13th Sq. reactivation at Whiteman, where they took over the B-2s.
The 90th Sq. is based at Elmendorf Air Base in Alaska. They fly the latest thing in Fighter technology, the "Raptor" Fighter.
For almost 100 years of history - WW I, WW II, Vietnam, and the more recent ones in the Middle East my old outfit has been involved in that history. Am I proud of them - you darn betcha."
Jack
WW II Ancient One
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Natural law. Sons are put on this earth to trouble their fathers.
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