2005: The first-ever C-130 combat mission by an all-female crew is flown from a forward location in Southwest Asia. The crew includes Capt Carol J. Mitchell, aircraft commander; 1st Lt Siobhan Couturier, pilot; Capt […]
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1972: To become the Vietnam War’s leading ace, Capt Charles B. DeBellevue, flying as a weapon systems officer in a 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4, shoots down his fifth and sixth enemy planes. He
1971: The USAF’s 17th Special Operations Squadron at Tan Son Nhut AB flies its final AC-119G “Shadow” gunship mission and then turns the aircraft over to the Vietnamese Air Force. The aircraft were nicknamed “Shadow”
1995: Two 436th Airlift Wing C-5s from Dover AFB airlift gas turbine generators from Ramstein AB to Incirlik AB to provide electrical power for Kurdish refugees living in northern Iraq.
2002: Operation NOBLE EAGLE. Fighters continue 24-hour combat air patrols over Washington, DC and New York City as the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks approaches.
1999: Capt Julie Hudson of the 175th Wing (Maryland Air National Guard) qualifies as the Guard’s first fully combat ready female A-10 fighter pilot.
1945: Japan surrenders to the U.S. on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, marking the end of World War II.
1968: MEDAL OF HONOR. During a rescue attempt of a downed American pilot, Lt Col William A. Jones III serves as the on-scene commander. He repeatedly flies his A-1H Skyraider over enemy guns and sustains
1994: Through 8 September, Russian, American, British, and French military forces withdraw from Berlin after 49 years.
2005: HURRICANE KATRINA. ANG personnel achieve 600 rescues one day after Katrina makes landfall on the Gulf Coast, 100 by helicopter and 500 by pararescue specialists in ZODIAC boats.
