September 29, 1918
1918: MEDAL OF HONOR. For valorous service this date 2Lt Frank Luke receives the Medal of Honor posthumously. Citation: http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2555/luke-frank-jr.php
September 28, 1983
1983: The USAF designates the new EF-111A tactical electronic jamming aircraft as the Raven.
September 27, 2005
2005: 1st C-130 combat mission by an all-female crew is flown from a forward location in Southwest Asia, with 151 Marines and equipment.
September 26, 1971
1971: Project STORMFURY. Air Weather Service WC-130s drop silver iodide into Hurricane Ginger to decrease the storm’s intensity.
September 25, 1918
1918: For valorous service this date Lt Edward V. Rickenbacker receives the Medal of Honor. (Presented 6 November 1930). Citation: http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2580/rickenbacker-edward-v.php
September 22, 1993
1993: The 1st B-2 (#80329), called ACC-1 and later “Spirit of Missouri,” makes its first flight from Palmdale.
September 21, 1938
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 ...
September 20, 1957
1957: CSAF General Thomas D. White announces that radar units could detect ICBMs at 3,000 miles.
September 19, 1958
1958: The RAF receives its first Thor missile at Feltwell, England.
September 18, 1947
1947 Aboard the VC-54C “Sacred Cow,” which becomes Air Force-1, Pres Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 separating the USAF from the US ...