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 […]
June 1, 1934
Flown from Miami to Boston on the first day of emergency Army Air Mail service, February 19, 1934 1934: Army Air Corps airmail operations end. The official record for the brief enterprise reflects 57 crashes
May 28, 1980
1980: The United States Air Force Academy graduates its first female cadets. Ninety-seven women are commissioned as Second Lieutenants.
May 28, 1966
1966: The ARRS observes its 20th anniversary. In this period, the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service rescued more than 12,000 people throughout the world.
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
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.
May 22, 2002
2002: The X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV), designated Blue, flies for the first time at Edwards AFB over an oval shaped track for 14 minutes at 7,500 feet and 195 knots. It was
May 21, 1956
1956: Operation REDWING (Cherokee test). Over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, Maj David Crichlow flies the B-52 “Barbara Grace” to nearly 50,000 feet and drops an H-bomb, the first US air drop.
May 20, 1927
1927: Charles A. Lindbergh, a Captain in the Missouri National Guard’s 110th Observation Squadron, lands his Ryan Monoplane, the “Spirit of St. Louis,” in Paris on 21 May after the first nonstop solo flight across