May 1, 1960
1960: Soviet air defenses shoot down a U-2 flying from Pakistan to Norway, capturing CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers.
March 31, 1979
1979: THREE-MILE ISLAND DISASTER. Through 15 April, after the Three-Mile Island nuclear power plant fails near Harrisburg, Pa., MAC flies 15 support missions (two C-5s, one C-130, and 12 C-141s). The aircraft deliver a 40,000-pound
March 27, 2004
2004: NASA’s X-43A unmanned scramjet aircraft becomes the first jet to break Maj William J. Knight’s X-15 record of 4,520 MPH. While the X-1, Skyrocket, X-2, and X-15 were rocket-powered, the X-43 featured an
January 3, 1945
1945: BATTLE OF THE BULGE: American and British forces counterattack the Germans under the protection of Allied airpower.
December 17, 1903
1903: Orville Wright makes the first sustained, controlled power airplane flight in the Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk. In the fourth, and longest flight of the day, flown by Wilbur, the Wright Flyer flies
May 1, 1960
1960: Soviet air defenses shoot down a U-2 flying from Pakistan to Norway, capturing CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers.
April 19, 1943
1995: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING. A powerful car bomb levels a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 169 and wounding 400 people. USAF airlifts firefighters, search and rescue teams, investigators, and medical personnel to Oklahoma. Units
December 17, 1903
1903: Orville Wright makes the first sustained, controlled power airplane flight in the Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk. In the fourth, and longest flight of the day, flown by Wilbur, the Wright Flyer
March 29, 1972
1972: Prompted by a massive North Vietnamese invasion, US discards previous Rules of Engagement, thus ending previous restrictions on US air power and leading to Operations Linebacker I and II.
February 28, 1994
1994: Op DENY FLIGHT: Two F-16s from Ramstein shoot down 4 Serbian Jastreb-Galeb aircraft over Bosnia, the first aerial combat in NATO history.