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One Hundred Years of Flight USAF Chronology of Significant Air and Space Events 1903–2002 Daniel L. Haulman AIR FORCE HISTORY AND MUSEUMS PROGRAM in association with AIR UNIVERSITY PRESS 2003
Disclaimer Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other U.S. government agency. Cleared for public release: distribution unlimited. ii Air University Press 131 West Shumacher Avenue Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6615
Page 4 and 5: PREFACE Commemorating the first cen
Page 6 and 7: and space power, not only for wagin
Page 8 and 9: 1906-7 Orville and Wilbur Wright. T
Page 10 and 11: 1908-9 September 17: Lt. Thomas E.
Page 12 and 13: 1910-11 August 18: At Fort Sam Hous
Page 14 and 15: 1911 July 19: Orville Wright delive
Page 16 and 17: 1912-13 A Curtiss G tractor biplane
Page 18 and 19: 1914-15 when Russia refused to stop
Page 20 and 21: 1916-17 May 20: Lt. Col. George O.
Page 22 and 23: 1918 February 5: Lt. Stephen W. Tho
Page 24 and 25: 1918 June 12: The 96th Aero Squadro
Page 26 and 27: 1919 Personnel of the 11th Aero Squ
Page 28 and 29: 1921 Martin MB-2 bomber. Air Servic
Page 30 and 31: 1924 The NBL-1 Barling bomber could
Page 32 and 33: 1927 1927 May 2: Maj. Herbert A. Da
Page 34 and 35: 1929-31 August 15: Flying a Buhl se
Page 36 and 37: 1932-33 1932 March 20: The Boeing X
Page 38 and 39: 1934-35 March 10: The Army Air Corp
Page 40 and 41: 1937-38 April 12: Frank Whittle tes
Page 42 and 43: 1940-41 July 8: The Air Corps estab
Page 44 and 45: 1941 Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chi
Page 46 and 47: 1941-42 December 8: Within hours of
Page 48 and 49: 1942 May 7-8: The Battle of the Cor
Page 50 and 51: 1942 August 20: The Army Air Forces
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1943 January 13: The Army Air Force
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1943 April 18: In P-38 aircraft ove
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1943 aircraft plants at Regensburg
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1943-44 December 24: A total of 670
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1944 April 25: Lt. Carter Harman of
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1944-45 September 10: The C-82, the
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1945 Command dropped two Allied air
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1945-46 August 14: Twentieth Air Fo
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1947-48 October 14: Capt. Charles E
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1948-49 July 20: Sixteen F-80 Shoot
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1949-50 May 11: President Harry S.
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1950 August 16: In the largest empl
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1950-51 December 20: In Operation C
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1951 The Douglas C-124 Globemaster
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1952-53 September 30: The Bell Rasc
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1954 1954 March 1: The United State
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1955-56 78 tle Air Force Base, Cali
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1957 1957 January 18: Commanded by
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1958 1958 January 1: The Air Force
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1958-59 intervention resulted in po
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1959 June 3: The Air Force Academy
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1960-61 speed of 614 miles per hour
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1961-62 June 1: At Kincheloe Air Fo
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1962-63 tal ballistic missile when
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1964-65 craft was a strategic bombe
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1965 June 3-7: Maj. James A. McDivi
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1966 March 10: To rescue Maj. Daffo
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1967 were trapped and killed by a f
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1967 The F-111, sometimes called th
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1968 March 25: The 944th Military A
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1968-69 December 31: The Tupolev Tu
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1970 April 14: A C-141 Starlifter c
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1971-72 nonstop flight, at times at
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1972-73 December 18: President Rich
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1973-75 involved the resources of M
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1975-76 May 15: Cambodia returned t
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1976-77 earthquake. The aircraft al
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1977-78 October 12: The first class
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1979-80 March 31: Maj. James E. McA
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1981 1981 January-June: Operating f
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1981-82 November 23: During the BRI
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1983-84 August 30: Lt. Col. Guion S
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1985-86 June 21-July 25: Flying 73
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1986-87 June 19: All USAF Rapier su
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1988 1988 January 1: Strategic Air
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1989-90 restore democracy in Panama
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1991 138 helicopter to rescue the p
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1991-92 later provided aerial prote
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1992 ended on February 28 of the ne
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1993 June 17: Lt. Col. Patricia For
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1994 Galeb attack aircraft over Bos
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1995 April 8: Despite being hit 12
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1996-97 during its development phas
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1997-98 September 7: At Dobbins Air
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1999 1999 January 24: A Navy F-18 l
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1999-2000 Treaty of 1977. The Unite
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2001 April 23: The RQ-4A Global Haw
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2001 Lockheed Martin’s X-35A Join
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2002 May 13: President George W. Bu
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