September 2, 1910
1910: The first American woman pilot, Blanche Scott, solos in a Curtiss Pusher over the Lake Keuka Field of the Curtiss Company at Hammondsport, N. Y.
August 30, 2005
2005: HURRICANE KATRINA. Air National Guard personnel log 600 rescues in one day after Hurricane Katrina makes landfall on the Gulf Coast.
August 29, 1952
1952: KOREAN WAR SORTIE RECORD. Far East Air Forces fighter-bombers set a new 24-hour record by sending 854 Fifth Air Force sorties against Pyongyang, N. Korea.
August 28, 1942
1942: The War Department directs the Air Transport Command to provide aircraft and equipment to evacuate sick and wounded American servicemen and women throughout the world.
August 27, 1941
1941: William R. Dunn, flying with Eagle Squadron 71 (RAF), shoots down his fifth enemy plane to become the first American “Ace” in Europe. He served in Europe, Burma, and China, and ended the
August 26, 1967
1967: MEDAL OF HONOR. After shooting down his F-100 Super Sabre, the North Vietnamese capture Maj George E. Day. For his subsequent valorous service in escaping from and evading enemy forces and resistance while in
August 23, 1954
1954: Lockheed pilots Stanley Beltz and Roy Wimmer fly the Hercules YC-130 transport on its first flight.
August 22, 1923
1923: Lt Harold R. Harris (pilot) and Lt Muir Fairchild (copilot) fly the XNBL-1 Barling Bomber, the Army’s first long-range night bomber, in its first flight at Wright Field.
August 21, 1972
1972: The 4th and last Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO), named Copernicus, launches to observe interstellar gases, young hot stars, X-ray stars and other phenomena.
August 20, 1975
1975: Using a Titan III booster, NASA launches the Viking I mission to Mars from Cape Canaveral AFS. It soft lands on Mars 20 June 1976.