Commentary History Matters: Paul Tibbets Red River Radio Published November 26, 2019 at 7:35 AM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:30 United States Air Force / This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. Credit Dr. Gary Joiner / Dr. Gary Joiner / Dr. Gary JoinerDr. Gary Joiner Airs Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner remembers Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Credit Photo taken by 509th photographer Pfc. Armen Shamlian / This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. / This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, waving from its cockpit. Photograph taken by soldier Armen Shamlian of the United States Army Air Forces