Roughly two hours before the United States bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, Iowa pilot Paul Tibbets announced to his crew of the Enola Gay that they were carrying the "world's first atomic bomb." ...

The granddaughter of Paul W. Tibbets Jr. — the pilot who flew the bomber Enola Gay that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II — called the Trump administration flagging photos of the ...

He spent his lifetime defending the mission in which the atomic bomb was first used. Col. Paul W. Tibbets stands beside the B-29 Superfortress bomber the Enola Gay in 1945 in an unknown location.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The granddaughter of a World War II pilot expressed her shock that photos of the “Enola Gay” — the plane used to drop an atomic bomb on Japan — were targeted in the Trump ...

Soon Ferebee met a young captain named Paul Tibbets, his squadron leader. From the start, Ferebee saw in Tibbets a decisive leader who treated his men like brothers. And man, could he work the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) | Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday. He was 92 and insisted for six decades after the war that he had no ...

Re “Pilot launched Atomic Age over Hiroshima,” obituary, Nov. 2 The death of Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, should be noted for its ...