July 31, 1952
1952: PROJECT HOP-A-LONG. Two Military Air Transport Service Sikorsky UH-19b helicopters complete the first trans-Atlantic helicopter flight. They touch down five times en route between ...
July 30, 1971
1971: The last F-100 leaves Vietnam for the CONUS. Its departure ends a combat employment which began in 1964 and produced 360,283 combat sorties ...
July 29, 1995
1995: The 11th Reconnaissance Squadron is activated at Nellis AFB in preparation of the squadron to operate Predator unmanned drones. It is the first ...
July 25, 1944
1944: Operation COBRA. 3,000 planes attack German posts near St. Lo, accidentally killing Lt Gen Lesley J. McNair, US Ground Forces Commander.
July 24, 1990
1990: The landing of SAC’s Boeing EC-135 Looking Glass Airborne Command Post at Offutt AFB ends 29 years of continuous operation with over 250 million ...
July 23, 1918
1918: The Director of the Army Air Service orders every flying field in the United States to have an air ambulance. This was based on ...
July 22, 1950
1950: KOREAN WAR. The USN aircraft carrier USS Boxer arrives in Japan with 145 USAF F-51s on board. Photo here shows loading of the ...
July 19, 1969
1969: APOLLO 11. Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr., fly lunar module Eagle to the Sea of Tranquility.
July 26, 1947
1947: President Truman signs the National Security Act, which establishes the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the CIA, and the US Air ...
July 18, 2002
2002: At McConnell AFB, the Airborne Laser (ABL), a highly modified Boeing 747-400F, makes its first flight.