September 1, 1968
1968: MEDAL OF HONOR. During a rescue attempt of a downed American pilot, Lt Col William A. Jones III serves as the on-scene commander. He repeatedly flies his A-1H Skyraider over enemy guns and sustains […]
August 31, 1994
1994: Through 8 September, Russian, American, British, and French military forces withdraw from Berlin after 49 years.
August 30, 2005
2005: HURRICANE KATRINA. ANG personnel achieve 600 rescues one day after Katrina makes landfall on the Gulf Coast, 100 by helicopter and 500 by pararescue specialists in ZODIAC boats.
August 27, 1976
1976: Two groups of women pilot candidates begin flight screening at Hondo Municipal Airport, prior to entering undergraduate pilot training at Williams AFB on 19 September. The 77-08 class includes Captains Connie Engle, Mary Donahue,
August 26, 1967
1967: MEDAL OF HONOR. After shooting down his F-100 Super Sabre, the North Vietnamese capture Maj George E. Day. For his subsequent valorous service in escaping from and evading enemy forces and resistance while in
August 25, 1952
1952: Operation HAJJI BABA. Through 29 August, 13 C-54s airlift 3,763 Muslim pilgrims stranded in Beirut, Lebanon, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The operation helps to restore America’s standing in the Middle East.
August 24, 1989
1989: The Voyager 2 Space Probe completes its tour of the solar system by flying within 3,000 miles of Neptune.
August 23, 1954
1954: Lockheed pilots Stanley Beltz and Roy Wimmer fly the Hercules YC-130 transport on its first flight from Lockheed’s plant in Burbank to Edwards AFB.
August 20, 1975
1975: Using a Titan III booster, NASA launches the Viking I mission to Mars from Cape Canaveral AFS. It soft lands on Mars 20 June 1976.
August 19, 1960
1960: Capt Harold E. Mitchell pilots a Fairchild C-119 to make the first aerial retrieval of an orbited capsule. Discoverer XIV, which had launched on 18 August, ejects the capsule. For this aerial recovery, the