Hiroshima bomber's grandson now 2nd in command of US bombers
Paul W Tibbets IV, the grandson of Paul Tibbets Jr, the pilot who dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, has been promoted to the Vice Commander of US Air Force's Global Strike Command. Tibbets IV had served as Commander of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, the same bomber detachment as his grandfather.