September 14, 1951
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
September 13, 2014
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 ...
September 12, 1918
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.
September 11, 2001
2011: President George W. Bush initiates a war on terrorism and homeland-defense efforts with combat air patrols within the US under operations NOBLE EAGLE and ...
September 10, 1942
1942: The Secretary of War forms the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, under the leadership of Nancy Harkness Love. In October, female pilots begin ferrying aircraft ...
September 7, 1918
1918: Several planes carry 18 troops from Chanute Field to Champaign, IL to make 1st demonstration of troop transport by air in US.
September 6, 1985
1985: Exercise BRAVE DEFENDER. Thru 14 September, the British hold their first off-post national ground defense exercise, with the United States Air Forces in Europe ...
September 5, 1923
1923: Army bombing tests off Cape Hatteras, NC sink the condemned naval vessels USS New Jersey and USS Virginia, showing vulnerability of naval ships to ...
September 4, 1922
1922: Lt James H. Doolittle completes the 1st transcontinental flight in one day in a rebuilt DH-4B with Liberty 400 HP engines, 2,163 miles in ...
September 3, 1996
1996: The 11th Reconnaissance Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada begins operating the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle above Bosnia-Herzegovina.