March 11, 1912
1912: Lt Frank Lahm opens an air school in Philippines with 2 students, Lt Moss Love and Cpl Vernon Burge; Burge becomes the first 1st enlisted pilot.
March 9, 1995
1995: The 11th Space Warning Squadron becomes the first unit with the ability to warn battlefield commanders of incoming theater ballistic missiles, such as the Scud missiles fired by Iraq in DESERT STORM.
March 8, 2007
2007: The Air Force marks its 50th consecutive successful launch using an Atlas V loaded with six experimental satellites. The Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., successfully launches the rocket from
March 5, 1986
1986: MACKAY TROPHY. From the 68 AREFG, Capt Marc C. Felman and his KC-10 Extender crew receive the Trophy for providing emergency refueling to a KC-10 and three A-4s Skyhawks over the Atlantic Ocean when
March 4, 2002
2002: Operation Anaconda/Medal of Honor. For valorous service this date, air combat controller TSgt John A. Chapman is awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously on August 22, 2018 by President Trump. Citation: http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/3526/chapman-john-a.php
March 3, 2001
2001: COLLIER TROPHY. The National Aeronautic Association awards the 2000 Robert J. Collier Trophy to the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle system as the nation’s greatest achievement in aeronautics.
March 2, 1972
1972: The Pioneer X Jupiter probe, launched from the Eastern Test Range by an Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle, reaches the highest launch velocity ever attained, 32,000 MPH relative to earth.
March 1, 1991
1991: Through 30 June, 42 C-5 Galaxies and 3 C-141 Starlifters from the 60th Military Airlift Wing and 436th Military Airlift Wing move more than 1,000 tons of fire-fighting equipment and 100 fireman to
February 26, 1974
1974: The A-10A prototype fires its GAU-8/A gun for the first time during an inflight test at Edwards AFB.
February 25, 1975
1975: Brig Gen Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to exceed the speed of sound, flies his last Air Force sortie in an F-4 at Edwards AFB.