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1961–62 June 1: At Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan, the first Bomarc-B pilotless interceptor site was declared operational. June 9: Delivery of the first C–135 Stratolifter introduced jet cargo aircraft into the fleet of the Military Air Transport Service. July 1: North American Air Defense Command began systematically detecting, tracking, and cataloging man-made objects in space. July 21: Capt. Virgil I. Grissom became the second U.S. and the first USAF astronaut in space. He attained an altitude of 118 miles and a speed of 5,310 miles per hour in a 303-mile suborbital spaceflight. August 1: Five Air Force Reserve C–124 groups and more than 15,000 reservists were mobilized as part of the administration’s response to the Communists’ construction of the Berlin Wall. August 8: The Air Force launched an Atlas F missile from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for the first time. The Atlas F, designed for long-term storage of liquid fuels and for shortened countdown, was the only Atlas model destined for emplacement in hardened, underground silos. October 30: As part of Operation STAIR STEP, the first of 216 Air National Guard fighters from units mobilized on October 1 during the Berlin crisis began deploying across the Atlantic Ocean to European bases. November 15: The 2d Advanced Echelon, Thirteenth Air Force, activated in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), marking the official entry of the Air Force into the Vietnam War. In an operation called FARM GATE, a detachment of the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron began deployment to South Vietnam with special-operations aircraft. December 15: The North American Air Defense Command semiautomatic ground-environment system became fully operational with completion of its 21st and last control center at Sioux City, Iowa. 1962 February 2: A C–123 Provider aircraft crashed in South Vietnam while spraying defoliant during Operation RANCH HAND, marking the first USAF aircraft loss in South Vietnam. February 20: Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., United States Marine Corps, became the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth. He flew for nearly five hours in Mercury capsule Friendship 7. March 5: The crew of a B–58 Hustler bomber assigned to the 43d Bombardment Wing set three speed records in a round-trip flight between New 90
York City and Los Angeles. The Hustler made the trip in four hours, 41 minutes, 15 seconds, averaging 1,044.46 miles per hour. The crew received the Mackay Trophy and the last Bendix Trophy for this flight. April 18: At Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado, Strategic Air Command declared operational the Air Force’s first Titan I unit—the 724th Strategic Missile Squadron. Its nine missiles were the first to be placed in hardened underground silos. Test launch of a Titan I missile 1962 June 29: A USAF team fired a Minuteman missile from an underground silo at Cape Canaveral, Florida, to a target area 2,300 miles downrange. This Minuteman was the first to be launched by a military crew. July 8: In Operation DOMINIC, a Thor rocket launched from Johnston Island carried a megaton-plus hydrogen device to an altitude above 200 miles—the highest altitude for a U.S. thermonuclear blast. July 17: Maj. Robert M. White, USAF, piloted the X–15–1 hypersonic experimental aircraft to a world-record altitude of 58.7 miles, its initial design altitude. Maximum speed was 3,784 miles per hour. July 19: A Nike-Zeus antimissile missile fired from Kwajalein Island in the Pacific Ocean made the first known interception of an intercontinen- 91
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PREFACE Commemorating the first cen
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and space power, not only for wagin
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1906-7 Orville and Wilbur Wright. T
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1908-9 September 17: Lt. Thomas E.
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1910-11 August 18: At Fort Sam Hous
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1911 July 19: Orville Wright delive
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1912-13 A Curtiss G tractor biplane
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1914-15 when Russia refused to stop
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1916-17 May 20: Lt. Col. George O.
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1918 February 5: Lt. Stephen W. Tho
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1918 June 12: The 96th Aero Squadro
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1919 Personnel of the 11th Aero Squ
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1921 Martin MB-2 bomber. Air Servic
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1924 The NBL-1 Barling bomber could
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1927 1927 May 2: Maj. Herbert A. Da
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1929-31 August 15: Flying a Buhl se
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1932-33 1932 March 20: The Boeing X
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1934-35 March 10: The Army Air Corp
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1937-38 April 12: Frank Whittle tes
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1940-41 July 8: The Air Corps estab
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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
Page 52 and 53: 1943 January 13: The Army Air Force
Page 54 and 55: 1943 April 18: In P-38 aircraft ove
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Page 58 and 59: 1943-44 December 24: A total of 670
Page 60 and 61: 1944 April 25: Lt. Carter Harman of
Page 62 and 63: 1944-45 September 10: The C-82, the
Page 64 and 65: 1945 Command dropped two Allied air
Page 66 and 67: 1945-46 August 14: Twentieth Air Fo
Page 68 and 69: 1947-48 October 14: Capt. Charles E
Page 70 and 71: 1948-49 July 20: Sixteen F-80 Shoot
Page 72 and 73: 1949-50 May 11: President Harry S.
Page 74 and 75: 1950 August 16: In the largest empl
Page 76 and 77: 1950-51 December 20: In Operation C
Page 78 and 79: 1951 The Douglas C-124 Globemaster
Page 80 and 81: 1952-53 September 30: The Bell Rasc
Page 82 and 83: 1954 1954 March 1: The United State
Page 84 and 85: 1955-56 78 tle Air Force Base, Cali
Page 86 and 87: 1957 1957 January 18: Commanded by
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Page 92 and 93: 1959 June 3: The Air Force Academy
Page 94 and 95: 1960-61 speed of 614 miles per hour
Page 98 and 99: 1962-63 tal ballistic missile when
Page 100 and 101: 1964-65 craft was a strategic bombe
Page 102 and 103: 1965 June 3-7: Maj. James A. McDivi
Page 104 and 105: 1966 March 10: To rescue Maj. Daffo
Page 106 and 107: 1967 were trapped and killed by a f
Page 108 and 109: 1967 The F-111, sometimes called th
Page 110 and 111: 1968 March 25: The 944th Military A
Page 112 and 113: 1968-69 December 31: The Tupolev Tu
Page 114 and 115: 1970 April 14: A C-141 Starlifter c
Page 116 and 117: 1971-72 nonstop flight, at times at
Page 118 and 119: 1972-73 December 18: President Rich
Page 120 and 121: 1973-75 involved the resources of M
Page 122 and 123: 1975-76 May 15: Cambodia returned t
Page 124 and 125: 1976-77 earthquake. The aircraft al
Page 126 and 127: 1977-78 October 12: The first class
Page 128 and 129: 1979-80 March 31: Maj. James E. McA
Page 130 and 131: 1981 1981 January-June: Operating f
Page 132 and 133: 1981-82 November 23: During the BRI
Page 134 and 135: 1983-84 August 30: Lt. Col. Guion S
Page 136 and 137: 1985-86 June 21-July 25: Flying 73
Page 138 and 139: 1986-87 June 19: All USAF Rapier su
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Page 142 and 143: 1989-90 restore democracy in Panama
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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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