March 23, 1951
1951: Operation TOMAHAWK. In the Korean War’s second airborne operation, and the largest to date in one day, 120 USAF transports drop more than 3,400 troops and 220 tons of materiel behind enemy lines […]
March 20, 2006
2006: The C-17 Globemaster III fleet surpasses its millionth flight hour during a mission to evacuate injured US troops from Iraq to Germany.
March 19, 2003
2003: Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. c. 9:30 p. m. EST, US forces begin the air war against Iraq with Tomahawk cruise missile strikes.
March 18, 1942
1942: The US and Panama sign an agreement for defense sites and air bases in Panama to defend the canal.
March 17, 1961
1961: Northrop delivers the first T-38 Talon supersonic jet trainer to Air Training Command at Randolph AFB.
March 16, 1944
(X-1A #46-062) 1944: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) recommends development of a jet-propelled transonic research aircraft. This suggestion leads to the Bell X-1.
February 28, 1968
1968: Det 1, 37th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB picks up the 1,000th downed airman to be rescued since the unit began operations in Southeast Asia.
February 27, 1990
1990: The combined Lockheed and USAF F-117A Stealth Fighter design team receives the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 1989.
February 26, 1949
1949: MACKAY TROPHY. Through 2 March, from Carswell AFB Capt James Gallagher and crew fly the 43rd Bomb Group’s B-50 Lucky Lady II (No. 46-010), on the first nonstop around-the-world flight. They fly 23,452
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.