April 19, 1967
1967: MEDAL OF HONOR. Maj Leo K. Thorsness receives his medal by protecting a mission to rescue downed airmen in North Vietnam. He is shot ...
April 18, 1942
1942: KEY EVENT–MEDAL OF HONOR. From the carrier USS Hornet, located 668 miles off Tokyo, Lt Col James H. Doolittle led 16 B-25s in the ...
April 15,1952
1952: Boeing pilot A. M. “Tex” Johnston flies the YB-52 prototype for the first time. After a two+ hour flight the plane lands at Larson ...
April 14, 1986
1986: Operation EL DORADO CANYON. The US retaliates against Libya for its involvement in terrorism with an airstrike using 24 F-111s from RAF Lakenheath, five ...
April 13,1999
1999: Operation ALLIED FORCE. US Army General Wesley Clark, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, asks for 300 more U.S. aircraft in addition to the ...
April 12, 1981
1981: SPACE SHUTTLE’S MAIDEN VOYAGE. The Space Shuttle Columbia with Capt Robert Crippen (USN) and John Young on board launch on the first flight of ...
April 11, 1966
Apri 11, 1966: April 11, 1966: MEDAL OF HONOR/AIR FORCE CROSS. Near Cam My, South Vietnam, A1C William H. Pitsenbarger, a pararescueman, hoisted nine ...
April 8, 1943
1943: A P-47 Thunderbolt flies its first combat sortie over Western Europe. #Fighter Pilot
April 7, 1916
1916: Mexican mounted Rurales fire on Lt Herbert A. Dargue at Chihauhau City, Mexico, where he had landed with dispatches from the U.S. Consul. Capt ...
April 5, 1943
1943: Operation FLAX. Northwest African Air Forces starts a concentrated attack on the Axis air transport service between Italy via Sicily to Tunisia. The operation ...