December 1, 1965
1965: CUBAN REFUGEE AIRLIFT: Through 30 June 1966, Military Air Transport Service airlifters move 26,745 Cuban refugees in 291 flights.
1965: CUBAN REFUGEE AIRLIFT: Through 30 June 1966, Military Air Transport Service airlifters move 26,745 Cuban refugees in 291 flights.
1951: KOREAN WAR. F-86 pilots from the 4th Fighter Interceptor Group engage 44 enemy aircraft, destroying 12 and damaging 3 others. Maj George A. Davis Jr., 334 FIS, a former WWII ace, achieves Korean War
1951: The USAF announces the production of the first all-jet heavy bomber, the Boeing XB-52.
1968: MEDAL OF HONOR. While flying a UH-1F helicopter, 1Lt James P. Fleming twice exposes his aircraft to intense hostile fire while rescuing a special forces reconnaissance patrol near Due Co, Vietnam, receiving the Medal
1974: President Gerald R. Ford and General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev sign the Strategic Arms Limitation accord. This agreement limits the deployment of strategic delivery vehicles and Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs).
1983: The West German Parliament approves Pershing II and GLCM missile deployments in West Germany.
1952: While leading a flight of four F-80s against enemy gun positions in Korea, Maj Charles J. Loring Jr deliberately crashes his damaged aircraft into enemy gun emplacements. For that sacrifice, he receives the Medal
1932: The national monument to Wilbur and Orville Wright is dedicated near Kitty Hawk.
1952: In MiG Alley, a 334th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron pilot, Capt Leonard W. Lilley, scores his fifth MiG kill to become an ace.