Wednesday, January 28 marks a historic anniversary for both the City of Savannah and the United States. Eighty-four years ago, on January 28, 1942, the charter for the Eighth Air Force was established in a former National Guard Armory at 1108 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. Formed at a critical moment in World War II, the Eighth Air Force was tasked with two primary objectives: crippling Nazi Germany’s war-making capability by destroying factories and transportation networks, and gaining air superiority over the Luftwaffe to enable an Allied invasion of continental Europe. Lieutenant General Henry “Hap” Arnold appointed Major General Carl Spaatz as the first…..