57th Bomb Wing Commanders

This great nation was founded on the belief that "all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." History teaches that oft times men and governments arise with the intent of oppressing many so that a chosen few might preserve those rights unto themselves alone. On 04 July 1776, a few men declared their intent to "dissolve the political bands" tying them to an oppressive king and to establish a new nation and a new government designed to protect and preserve for all of its citizens the rights endowed by God. To this end, they offered their lives as a sacrifice so their posterity could live free. The nation they created has endured and its people have long enjoyed the freedoms for which they so bravely fought.