On This Day in History

1942: Through 13 November, the 33rd Fighter Group flies 100 P-40s from the carriers USS Chenango and HMS Archer to land at Port Lyautey airfield, Morocco.

  MEDALS OF HONOR received for valorous service this date:   1944: 1Lt Donald J. Gott and 2Lt William E. Metzger (same B-17 crew)            Gott citation: https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/donald-j-gott            Metzger citation: https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/william-e-metzger-jr 1967: Capt Lance

  1942: Thru 11 Nov, Army and carrier-based airplanes support the invasion of North Africa, and American troops land on French-held territory. Colonel Demas T. Craw volunteers to negotiate an armistice between the US and

    1943: The 56th Fighter Group (P-47s) becomes the first Eighth Air Force fighter group credited with 100 enemy aircraft destroyed.  

2003: NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB begins Block 2 testing on two Boeing X-45A Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles. This program added communications links for flight coordination from other locations, and the ability

1959: The Air Force successfully transports an ICBM by air for the first time by flying an Atlas D on a C-133B from San Diego to Francis E. Warren AFB. (Photo date unknown)

1944: MEDAL OF HONOR. While on a mission over Meresberg, Germany, a bomber sustains three hits from anti-aircraft shells. A severely wounded navigator, Lt Robert E. Femoyer, re­fuses morphine to keep his head clear so

  1964: During the early morning hours, the Viet Cong attack Bien Hoa AB with mortars. The Viet Cong kill four and wound 30 Americans. Additionally, they destroy 7 and damage 18 USAF and Vietnamese

1918: Known as the “Ace of Aces” for that conflict, Capt Edward V. Rickenbacker shoots down his 26th and final enemy aircraft of World War I.

1965: C-130s begin carrying fuel, ammunition, and supplies to Pleiku for the defense of the camp from North Vietnamese attacks. For the next 29 days, the C-130s move 186 tons a day to support the