March 31, 1979
1979: THREE-MILE ISLAND DISASTER. Thru 15 Apr MAC flies 15 support missions. The aircraft deliver a 40,000-pound rawindsonde station (a radiosonde is tracked by a ...
March 30, 1953
1953: A Convair XC-99 establishes a new, world’s load-lifting record of 104,000 pounds. #Airlift
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 the ...
March 28, 1946
1946: Northrop Aircraft received development contracts for the Snark surface-to-surface, subsonic, intercontinental nuclear cruise missile and the Boojum medium- to long-range (1,500-to 5,000-mile) surface-to-surface ...
March 25, 2004
2004: MACKAY TROPHY. Five C-17 airmen from the 62 AW at McChord AFB won the 2003 Mackay Trophy for serving as the lead aircrew for ...
March 24, 1970
1970: Tyndall AFB completed the first launching of a BOMARC B guided missile, using the new BUIC computerized command and control equipment. #Missiles
March 23, 1951
1951: Operation TOMAHAWK. In the Korean War’s second airborne operation, and the largest to date in one day, 120 USAF transports dropped more than 3,400 ...
March 22, 1944
1944: Through 23 March, Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupted and buried Pompeii airdrome, where the 340 BG conducted operations against retreating German forces. Lava cinders ...
March 21, 1962
1962: A black bear named “Yogi” became the first living creature ejected from a supersonic aircraft when the USAF tested the B-58’s escape capsule. Ejected ...
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.