8th Air Force B-17 Model, Mahogany, WWII, 1/69th Scale for Sale

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8th Air Force B-17 Model, Mahogany, WWII, 1/69th Scale For Sale

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8th Air Force B-17 Model, Mahogany, WWII, 1/69th Scale:
$359.00

8th Air Force B-17 Model

Fly with the 8th AirForce in this handcrafted B-17 model. Each piece is carved from wood and hand-painted to provide a piece you'll love.

Length - 13.5 inches
Wingspan - 18 inches
Made from Mahogany
US Veteran Owned Business
The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

The Eighth Air Force 8th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The command serves as Air Forces Strategic - Global Strike, one of the air components of United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). The Eighth Air Force includes the heart of America's heavy bomber force: the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic bomber, and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber aircraft.

Established on 22 February 1944 by the redesignation of VIII Bomber Command at RAF Daws Hill in High Wycombe, England, the Eighth Army Air Force (8 AAF) was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the European Theater of World War II (1939/41-1945), engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe area of responsibility; carrying out strategic bombing of enemy targets in France, the Low Countries, and Germany;[3] and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft until the German capitulation in May 1945. It was the largest of the deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel, aircraft, and equipment.

During the Cold War (1945-1991), 8 AF was one of three Numbered Air Forces of the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC), with a three-star general headquartered at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts commanding USAF strategic bombers and missiles on a global scale. Elements of 8 AF engaged in combat operations during the Korean War (1950-1953); Vietnam War (1961-1975), as well as Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991) over Iraq and occupied Kuwait in the First Persian Gulf War.