March 15, 1983
1983: Thru 28 Mar SAC successfully demonstrates sea interdiction capability with three AGM-84 Harpoon missile launches from a B-52.
March 14, 2019
2003: The Air Force Flight Test Center accelerates dual-door separation testing of the F-117A; results are sent immediately to the AOR and are employed ...
March 13, 2019
1958: The USAF Ballistic Missile Committee picks Lowry AFB, CO to become the first Titan I base.
March 12, 1998
1998: NASA’s B-52 drops the X-38 atmospheric test vehicle from 23,000 feet on its first test. The vehicle deploys its parafoil parachute ...
March 11, 1912
1912: Lt Frank P. Lahm opens an Army Air School at Fort William McKinley, Philippines, with two volunteer students, Lt Moss L. Love and ...
March 8, 2007
2007: The Air Force marks its 50th consecutive successful launch with an Atlas V loaded with six experimental satellites.
March 7, 1924
1924: Lt Eugene Hoy Barksdale and his navigator, Lt Bradley Jones, fly a DH-4B, powered by a 400 horsepower Liberty engine, from McCook Field, ...
March 6, 1942
1942: The US Army Air School at Tuskegee, AL for black aviators graduates its first class. The five military pilots include Capt Benjamin O. Davis.
March 5, 1944
1944: Operation THURSDAY. Through 11 March, allied aircraft and gliders airlift Brig Gen Orde C. Wingate’s Special Force (Chindits) with 9,000 personnel and 1,400 ...
March 4, 2002
2002: Operation Anaconda/Medal of Honor. For valorous service this date, air combat controller TSgt John A. Chapman is awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously ...