U.S. Army Air Corps

ENOLA GAY. On 6 August 1945, the United States became the first nation to use a nuclear weapon in combat when the Little Boy bomb was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan. U.S. Army Air Corps colonel Paul W. Tibbets commanded and flew the B-29 aircraft that carried this bomb. As was typical in the Army Air Corps, the aircraft commander had the privilege of naming the aircraft, and Tibbets... 

Wendover, Utah, where the U. S. Army Air Corps airfield was used by the 509th Composite Group as part of Project Alberta. ... 

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