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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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