February 15, 1944
1944: Twelfth Air Force sends 254 B-17 and B-25 bombers to attack and destroy the Abbey of Monte Cassino, Italy.
February 14, 2003
2003: Global Hawk (AV-7), a first production-representative sample, lands at Edwards AFB after its maiden flight from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA.
February 13, 1961
1961: USAF launches a solid-fuel air-to-surface missile, the GAM-83B Bullpup, at supersonic speed from an F-100 Super Sabre. This modified Navy Bullpup missile could carry a nuclear weapon or could be guided by the pilot
February 12, 1973
1973: Operation HOMECOMING/MACKAY TROPHY. After N. Vietnam releases its POWs MAC airlift returns them to Clark. When the POWs reach America, the 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing transfers them to various military hospitals. Altogether, the
February 9, 1946
1946: Gen. Carl A. Spaatz is designated Commanding General, Army Air Forces, succeeding Gen. Henry H. Arnold.
February 8,1918
1918: The Army changes its aircraft insignia to concentric circles of red and blue around white. British
February 6, 1967
1967: A2C Duane Hackney, the most decorated enlisted airman in the Vietnam war, receives the Air Force Cross for rescuing a downed pilot near Mu Gia pass, N. Vietnam.
February 5, 1951
1951: KOREAN WAR/Operation ROUNDUP. To disrupt a new enemy offensive, the U. S. X Corps advances with strong air support near Hoengsong, northeast of Wonju in central Korea. In a 67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron F-51
February 2, 1974
1974: The General Dynamics YF-16 fighter prototype makes its first official full-scale flight at Edwards AFB; it attains 400 MPH and 30,000 feet in altitude.