April 28, 2025
Today in History – April 28, 1971 – 1Lt Benjamin Gaines Lange with the 615th TFS is KIA
1st Lt. Benjamin Gaines Lang served with the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, 7th Air Force at Phan Rang AB. His tour …
April 28, 2025
April 25, 2025
Today in History – April 25, 1956 – Everest conquers speed
25 April 1946 Frank Kendall “Pete” Everest, test pilot at Edwards AFB, CA is airdropped from a Boeing EB-50D Superfortress in a Bell X-3 supersonic …
April 25, 2025
April 24, 2025
Today in History – April 24, 1967 – Westmoreland announces Vietnam War can’t be won with US political support
24 April 1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that US political atmosphere may give the north hope they could win …
April 24, 2025
April 23, 2025
Today in History – April 23, 1968 and April 23, 1969 – 2 F-100 pilots crash, 1 is KIA, the other recovered
23 April 1968 –Major Amos Oliver Fox was assigned to Phan Rang AB. Fox was from Birmingham, AL and was serving with the 7th Air …
April 23, 2025
April 22, 2025
Today in History – April 22, 1969 – Ross C. Detwiler ejects from F-100D #553632
In April of 1969 1st Lt, Ross Detwiler was serving with the 416 TFS out of Phu Cat AB, Vietnam. He recalls, “In Laos, they …
April 22, 2025
April 5, 2025
Today in History – April 5, 1962 – 1962 Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600m
Neil Armstrong and the X-15 by Bob van der Linden, Posted on Tue, July 23, 2019, Aeronautics Department, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum “Released …
April 5, 2025