April 30, 1999
1999: The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB unveils the X-34, a technology demonstrator for a reusable space launch vehicle.
April 29, 1975
1975: Operation FREQUENT WIND. Through 30 April, USAF, Marine, and Navy helicopters airlift 6,000-plus people in the final evacuation of Saigon. This was the ...
April 28, 1993
1993: SECDEF Les Aspin announces that women would be allowed to serve in combat roles. This policy change allowed female pilots to fly USAF ...
April 27, 1995
1995: AFSPACE declares its GPS satellites fully operational. This system provided accurate geographical coordinates.
April 24, 1945
1945: MEDAL OF HONOR. 12th Air Force pilot 1Lt Raymond L. Knight destroys 14 enemy aircraft and wrecks 10 others on the ground. He is ...
April 23, 1991
1991: SECAF Donald B. Rice announces the winner of the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition. He selects the Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics F-22 with the Pratt and Whitney ...
April 22, 1981
1981: The 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, an A-10 Wing at RAF Bentwaters, UK, sets a USAF record by generating 533 sorties in a single day. ...
April 21, 1948
1948: KEY WEST AGREEMENT. The SECDEF issues a memo to his Secretaries with a paper defining the functions of the services and the JCS, based ...
April 20, 1912
1912: The Secretary of War publishes the conditions of the Military Aviator Test in a report to the House of Representatives. Subsequently on July 5th ...
April 17, 1943
1943: Eighth Air Force makes its first 100-plane attack on a single target, the Focke-Wulf aircraft plant at Bremen, Germany. Nearly 20 aircraft are lost.