August 14th : Order your First Fighter Shirts, Caps and other memorabillia for the upcoming reunion . The deadline for receipt before the reunion is quick - August 17th - so order NOW if you need them.

Download order form #1 (apparel) and order form #2 (patch for the apparel)

May 8th: May 2007 Newsletter published courtesy of Bruce Gordon, with details of the upcoming 2007 reunion. Note that only the hard copy of the Newsletter contains complete contact information for members .

April 14th: The story of Cy Nolin's P-38 discovered off the coast of Italy after 60 years!

March 29th: Operation BOLERO mission archives by Jim Graham - Secret orders and other details of the 1942 WW2 P-38 deployment from USA to Europe

March 21st: New F-22 pictures from deployment to Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan

March 16th: New photos from Operation Iraqi Freedom, April 2003, courtesy of "Wiser" Jacobus.

March 13th: Message from the Association President

February 28th: 15 Newly discovered P-38 nose photos from WW2

February 14th: 50 Newly discovered photos from 1945 - pilots of the 94th at war's end

February 11th : WW2 P-38 wreck found in the Adriatic ocean near 1st Fighter's Bases at Lake Lessina and Foggia - recovery efforts underway - see translation of Italian newspaper article from this week. Feb 14th: News of an additional P-38 wreck found near Venice in August 2004 is posted as well, courtesy Italian reader Marco Gazzaniga

February 8th : 1st Fighter Association annual awards presented: Fighter Pilot of the Year, Expeditionary Airman and Expeditionary Officer of the Year for 2006

January 24th : Jim Graham's research data into Ploesti mission on June, 10th, 1944 -- e-mails, Romanian records, detailed maps and crash site photos from Romanian researcher Dan Melinte - Part 1, Part 2

December 24th : Jim Graham research data into Ploesti mission on June, 10th, 1944 - the 1st Figher Group's heaviest casualty mission

Four new WWI photos from the 94th added courtesy Ms. Buchanan's private collection

October 17th: Jim Dibble's untold secret story of escorting Ike in Sicily, 1943

October 13th: Jim Graham's MIA Pilot Memorial and research data

October 12th: November 2006 Newsletter

October 2nd : 2006 Reunion photos; General membership meeting minutes 11 Sep 06

September 26th: Recap of the fantastic 2006 Reunion held in Hampton, VA and at Langley AFB. Photos to be posted soon...

Gen (ret) Dick Myers, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, keynote speaker at 1st Fighter Reunion banquet.

Reno Air Races selected as venue for the 2007 Reunion - September 2007. More info to follow.

New slate of 1st Fighter Association Officers elected.

August 4th : WW2 pilot Dick Huber laid to rest with full military honors; First-ever 27 FS flyover of funeral with F-22s

August 1st: Donald Brenden's WW2 Diary while a crew chief with the 27th, unedited, and transcribed by his son, Paul Brenden.

New pictures from visitors to the Billy Wisner Memorial and Crash site in the Italian Alps

July 31st - The August issue of the 1st Fighter Association Newsletter is now available courtesy of our editor, Bruce Gordon. Bruce reports that our membership is on the rise again - We have gone up from 327 paying members in Nov 2005 to 361 this July.

June 22nd - A 63-year old mystery solved?? Correlation of new evidence, including newly released WW2 diaries, satellite imagery, and internet images shed light on a notorious buzz job of the 1st Fighter Group.

May 27th - David Gray Jr. has transcribed his father's hand-written WWII Diary and added many pictures of his Dad's experiences from Mid-1942 until the end of the War. It is a day by day account. Some days have only few entries and some have none. It is well worth reading. You can send comments to his son at nostrdav@vcn.com

March 21st - Pictures of 1st FW F-22s are now posted. (Courtesy USAF and 1st FW). Check back for more photos.

March 15th Photos of aircraft wrecks at 1st Fighter WW2 bases - includes P-38 accidents, German, French and Italian aircraft wrecks
The 1st FG, 1st FW, 27th FS, 71st FS and 94th FS make it into Wikpedia.org - the world's largest, free online dictionary!

March 7th - WW2 P-38 Gun Camera Film from 1st Fighter Group railway strafing missions to Austria 1945 available after 61 years!

March 1st- 1st Fighter Group P-38 Nose Art Collection - A new photo gallery