November 30, 1907
1907: At Hammondsport, NY, the Curtiss Motor Vehicle Company becomes the first airplane company formed in the US.
November 27, 1933
1933: The Army accepts Martin’s first production-model B-10 bomber. It was the first all-metal monoplane bomber with an internal bomb bay, retractable gear, rotating gun ...
November 26, 1968
1968: MEDAL OF HONOR. While flying a UH-1F helicopter, 1Lt James P. Fleming twice exposes his aircraft to intense hostile fire while rescuing a special ...
November 25, 1940
1940: First flight of the Martin B-26 Marauder.
November 24, 1974
1974: President Gerald R. Ford and General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev sign the Strategic Arms Limitation accord. This agreement limited the deployment of strategic delivery ...
November 23, 1947
1947: The XC-99, the world’s largest land plane at that time, makes its first flight at San Diego. https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iry-fullyhosted_003&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_003&hspart=iry&p=xc-99+first+flight#id=1&vid=444cc882b30714afc233e585ff303b7f&action=click
November 20, 1962
1962: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. President John F. Kennedy announces the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis after the Soviets remove all IRBMs from Cuba. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfjnfbw4rI4
November 19, 2007
2007: WAR ON TERROR. Air Mobility Command passes a major milestone when one of its aircraft flies the command’s one millionth sortie since 11 ...
November 18, 1966
1966: Lockheed delivers the first HC–130P to the Air Rescue and Recovery Service. The HC-130P included a drogue system to permit aerial refueling of helicopters. ...
November 17, 1967
1967: Operation EAGLE THRUST. Through 29 December, MAC uses 413 C-141 and C-130 sorties to complete the longest distance airlift of combat troops from the ...