- 1909: - At Ft. Myer, Orville Wright with Lt Frank P. Lahm as passenger flies Army’s first airplane
- 1918 - Eddie Rickenbacker, America's leading ace of World War I
- 1941 - The Tuskegee Airmen
- April 18, 1942 -- Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle takes off from deck of USS Hornet
- 1953 - F-86s of the 8th Fighter Bomber Group. Korean war virtually ends the reciprocating-engined fighter era
- Jun 3-7, 1965 – Maj Edward White USAF becomes 1st American to walk in space
- 1965-73 -- B-52D Arc Light Mission in Southeast Asia
- Jul 16, 1971 – B GEN Jeanne Holm becomes the 1st female general officer in the USAF
- January 16, 1991 - F-16A, F-15C and F-15E flying during Desert Storm (U.S. Air Force photo)
- September 26, 2005 - First all female flight crew on combat mission
- 2000s - The USAF Technological Edge
- MQ-9 Reaper in Afghanistan
- Laser on B-1B
- 2017 - The Cyber Challenge
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