so we crushed them all from the air, 177 liberator bombers flew dangerously low for broad daylight without fighter protection to cripple the war machine. if more than 300 airmen gave their lives to destroy the refineries and five pilots were awarded the congressional medalf honor for their actions in that single raid. it was airmen chuck yeager who first broke the sound barrier. it was airmen like buzz aldrin who traded their sabre jets for rockets to the stars and it is our incredible airmen today who wield the most powerful weapons systems on the planet earth. for over 65 years, no enemy air force has managed to kill a