September 30, 1949
1949: Operation VITTLES. The last flight took place to end the Berlin Airlift. Results show 2,343,301.5 tons of supplies carried on 277,262 Allied flights. ...
September 27, 1991
1991: President George H. W. Bush terminates SAC’s alert force operation, which started in October 1957. This action heralds an end to the Cold War.
September 26, 1918
1918: Between this date and 1 October, Air Service pilots shoot down 74 German aircraft and 15 balloons.
September 25, 2019
2007: FIRST MQ-9 REAPER MISSION. The MQ-9 Reaper flies its first operational mission in Afghanistan for Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (2009 photo)
September 24, 1929
1929: Lt James H. Doolittle makes the first all-blind flight at Mitchel Field. Although a check pilot accompanies him, Doolittle takes off in a Consolidated ...
September 23, 1994
2004: Operation PROVIDE HOPE. A C-17 from McChord AFB delivers medicines and medical supplies worth $15 million to Bishkek IAP in the Kyrgyz Republic. ...
September 20, 1957
1957: USAF Chief of Staff 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, President Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 separating the USAF from the ...
September 17, 1944
1944: Operation MARKET GARDEN. 1,546 allied planes and 478 gliders carry 35,000 troops for an airborne assault between Eindhoven and Arnhem in Holland to secure ...