1999: Operation ALLIED FORCE. US Army General Wesley Clark, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, asks for 300 more U.S. aircraft in addition to the 82 […]
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April 12, 1966
1966: SAC B-52s hit targets in North Vietnam for the first time when they attack a supply route in the Mu Gia Pass, 85 […]
April 9, 1997
1997: Lockheed-Martin and Boeing roll out their F-22 air superiority fighter at the LM Marietta plant.
April 8, 1942
1942: Using aircraft acquired from Pan American Airlines, the Army begins the largest airlift in World War II. Two DC-3s airlift gasoline and lubricating oil […]
April 7, 1955
1955: The first production-model Lockheed C-130A Hercules (53-3129), shown here in assembly, flies at the company’s facility in Marietta GA.
April 6, 1924
1924: 1ST AROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT/MACKAY TROPHY. Four Army Douglas Biplanes take off from Seattle on the first global flight. Only two crews complete the 26,345-mile flight […]
April 5, 1991
1991: Operation PROVIDE COMFORT. To 15 July, MAC units fly more than 7,000 tons of supplies to Northern Iraq, Southeastern Turkey, and Western Iran to […]
April 2, 1915
1915: President Wilson appoints the first members to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). In 1958, NACA becomes NASA.
April 1, 1952
1952: KOREAN WAR. Fifth Air Force Sabre pilots destroy ten MiGs while losing one F-86. In the battle, Col Francis S. Gabreski, the 51st Fighter-Interceptor […]
March 31, 1979
1979: THREE-MILE ISLAND DISASTER. Thru 15 Apr MAC flies 15 support missions, delivering a 40,000-pound rawindsonde station (a radiosonde is tracked by a radio direction-finding […]