August 16, 1922
1922: Elmer Ambrose Sperry demonstrates the Sperry airway light beacon at McCook Field. (Photo at right shows a beacon at Omaha, NE during the ...
August 15, 1945
1945: VICTORY DAY–JAPAN. The Japanese government announces its intention to surrender “unconditionally.”
August 14, 1942
1942: When Lt Elza Shahan ferries his P-38 to England, he spots a German FW-200 Condor near Iceland. Shahan turns and shoots the Condor down, ...
August 13, 1917
1917: The First Aero Squadron, which departed Columbus, NM on 5 August, sails for Europe under command of Maj Ralph Royce. It is the ...
August 12, 1962
1962: ECHO I satellite launches from the Air Force Cape Canaveral launch Complex 17 aboard a Thor-Delta rocket. After two years in orbit, the ...
August 9, 1944
1944: MEDAL OF HONOR. For valorous actions while leading 33 B-26 Marauders against a railroad bridge on the Seine River, Capt Darrell R. Lindsey is ...
August 8, 1967
1967: McGuire AFB receives the last C-141, the “Garden State Starlifter,” to be delivered to a MAC base from Lockheed.
August 7, 1990
1990: Operation DESERT SHIELD. In response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the US military deploys to protect Saudi Arabia from Iraqi aggression and to liberate ...
August 6, 1945
1945: Flying his “Enola Gay” B-29 from Tinian Island, Lt Col Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. and his crew drop the atomic bomb “Little Boy” on ...
August 5, 1950
1950: MEDAL OF HONOR. Maj Louis J. Sebille, the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron Commander, dies near Hamchang, Korea, when he crashes his severely damaged F-51 ...