June 7, 1944
1944: Operation OVERLORD. Transport aircraft drop 356 tons of supplies to Allied forces.
June 4, 1942
1942: BATTLE OF MIDWAY. The battle rages through 7 June. Three US carriers destroy four Japanese carriers, losing one. The Japanese also lose a heavy cruiser, 322 aircraft, and 5,000 men, including a host of
June 3, 1965
1965: GEMINI IV. Through 7 June, USAF Astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt complete a 97-hour, 58-minute space flight with two firsts: White makes a 23-minute spacewalk, and Houston’s Manned Spaceflight Center
June 2, 1995
1995: Through 8 June, after a surface-to-air missile strike forces him to eject from his F-16 over Bosnia, Capt Scott O’Grady evades capture by hostile forces for six days until Marine helicopters successfully rescue him.
June 1, 1934
1934: Army Air Corps airmail operations end. The official record for the brief 4-month enterprise reflects 57 crashes and 12 fatalities (the main reason for ending the program), with 1.5 million miles flown to carry
May 31, 1945
1945: The last of 18,188 B-24 Liberators and Liberator variants are delivered to the USAAF. This “workhorse” was produced in larger numbers than any other American aircraft and employed on more operational fronts than any
May 28, 1980
1980: The United States Air Force Academy graduates its first female cadets. Ninety-seven women are commissioned as Second Lieutenants.
May 27, 1958
1958: Gen Otto P. Weyland accepts TAC’s first production F-105B Thunderchief from Republic at its Farmingdale plant in Long Island. (Third production model shown in photo).
May 26, 1973
1973: SKYLAB 2 launches from Kennedy Space Center on a Saturn IB with Astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr., Paul Weitz, and Dr. Joseph Kerwin aboard. On 26 May, the astronauts meet with Skylab 1 during the
May 25, 1985
1985: A MAC C-141 flies the body of the Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam War from Travis AFB to Andrews AFB prior to its interment at Arlington National Cemetery.