1968: The modified XV-5A (now the XV-5B Verifan aircraft) makes its first vertical and hovering flights.
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July 30, 1971
1971: The last F-100 leaves Vietnam for the CONUS. Its departure ends a combat employment which began in 1964 and produced 360,283 combat sorties with […]
July 29, 1995
1995: The 11th Reconnaissance Squadron is activated at Nellis AFB in preparation of the squadron to operate Predator unmanned drones. It is the first such […]
July 28, 1943
1943: MEDAL OF HONOR. Flight Officer John C. “Red” Morgan receives the medal for saving his B-17 and crew. Lt Gen Ira Eaker does the […]
July 27, 1972
1972: Test pilot Irving L. Burrows takes the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle up for its first flight at Edwards AFB.
July 26, 1943
1943: A flight of 10 P-47s land at Prestwick on 11 August, achieving the first, last, and only flight of single-engine fighters (recip engines) across […]
July 23, 1948
1948: The Military Air Transport Service deploys men and equipment to establish an Airlift Task Force in Germany to relieve Berlin. Maj Gen William H. […]
July 22, 1991
1991: A 445th Military Airlift Wing C-141 delivers nearly 20 tons of medical supplies to Ulan Bator, Mongolia to overcome a critical shortage. This mission […]
July 21, 1910
1910: Orville Wright makes experimental flights at Dayton with a wheeled chassis comprising a set of twin wheels attached to each skid. (Believed to be […]
July 20, 1969
1969: APOLLO XI/FIRST MAN ON THE MOON. Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr., fly the lunar module Eagle to the Sea of […]