September 25, 1918
1918: For valorous service this date Lt Edward V. Rickenbacker receives the Medal of Honor. (issued 12/31/1931). Citation: http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2580/rickenbacker-edward-v.php
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1918: For valorous service this date Lt Edward V. Rickenbacker receives the Medal of Honor. (issued 12/31/1931). Citation: http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2580/rickenbacker-edward-v.php
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1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson presents aviation’s highest honor, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, to Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, who designed and developed the A-11 (SR-71). Ten days earlier, Johnson also
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1938: Maj Gen Oscar Westover, the Chief of the Army Air Corps, dies in an airplane crash near Lockheed Airport, Burbank. He is succeeded by B Gen Henry H. “Hap” Arnold.
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1957: Chief of Staff General Thomas D. White announces that radar units could detect ICBMs at 3,000 miles.
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1958: The Royal Air Force receives its first Thor missile at Feltwell, England under the operation known as Project Emily.
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1947: Aboard the VC-54C “Sacred Cow,” which becomes Air Force-1, President Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 separating the Air Force from the US Army.
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1908: Lt Thomas E. Selfridge, flying as a passenger with Orville Wright, dies when the Wright Flyer crashes at Fort Myer during performance testing. This event was the world’s first fatal airplane accident. Wright also
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1951: For valorous service this date Capt John S. Walmsley, Jr. receives the Medal of Honor posthumously. Citation: https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/john-s-walmsley-jr
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1918: Thru 15 September Colonel William “Billy” Mitchell leads 1,481 planes in the St. Mihiel offensive, the greatest air battle of World War I.
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1943: The 52nd Troop Carrier Wing uses 80+ troop transports to drop 1,200 paratroopers within Allied lines on Italy’s Salerno Beach, with no losses of planes or men. These reinforcements help stop the Axis
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