March 31, 1979
1979: THREE-MILE ISLAND DISASTER. Thru 15 Apr MAC flies 15 support missions, delivering a 40,000-pound rawindsonde station (a radiosonde is tracked by a radio direction-finding ...
March 30, 1944
1944: Army Air Forces reaches its WW II high total of 2, 411, 294 persons assigned.
March 29, 2003
2003: By this date, to support the Global War on Terrorism, the ANG had flown 72 % of the fighter sorties, 52 % of ...
March 26, 1999
1999: Operation ALLIED FORCE. An F-15 shoots down two MiG-29s in aerial combat over Yugoslavia on the third day of the operation.
March 25, 1944
1944: Fifteenth Air Force makes its first operational delivery of a VB-1 Azon radio-controlled bomb against the Avisio Viaduct to cut the Brenner Pass between ...
March 24, 1945
1945: Operation VARSITY. An Allied airborne and amphibious assault crosses the Rhine River. More than 2,000 transports and gliders from the IX Troop Carrier ...
March 23, 1903
1903: The first patent on the Wright Brothers’ airplane, based on their 1902 glider, is filed. It is issued on 22 May 1906.
March 22-23, 1944
1944: Through 23 March, Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts and buries Pompeii airdrome, where the 340th Bomb Group was conducting operations. Lava cinders destroy or ...
March 19, 2003
2003: Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Circa 9:30 PM EST, US forces begin the air war against Iraq with Tomahawk cruise missile strikes.
March 18, 1945
1945: Lt George Green lands and rescues downed wingman Maj Pierce McKennon by seating him on his lap, using Mustang “2-in-1” trick.