April 27, 2024
Today in History – April 27, 1953 – Operation Moolah begins, USAF tries to get MiG-15 from a defecting Soviet pilot for $100,000
27 April 1953 – “Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force (USAF) effort during the Korean War to obtain through defection a fully capable …
April 27, 2024
April 27, 2024
Today in History – April 27, 1911 – Curtiss “Pusher” arrives at Ft. Sam Houston
27 April 1911: At Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps, United States Army, accepted its second airplane, a Curtiss Model …
April 27, 2024
April 26, 2024
Today in History – April 26, 1966 – First MiG of Vietnam War is shot down by F-4C
“. . . on 26 April, Maj. Paul J. Gilmore, in the front seat of the lead F-4C, and 1st Lt. William T. Smith in …
April 26, 2024
April 23, 2024
Today in History – April 23, 1966 – Discrepancy in reports of MiG fighters in Vietnam
23 April 1966 – The Vietnam People’s Air Force (VPAF) sent its first MiG-21 to intercept two B-66 Destroyers being escorted to their mission by …
April 23, 2024
April 20, 2024
Today in History – April 20, 1979 – 2 F-111F’s at Tain Bombing Range, Scotland, suffer mid-air collision, crews escape.
20 April 1979 – Two USAF General Dynamics F-111F’s of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, 70-2367, c/n E2-06 / F-06, and 73-0714, c/n E2-90 / …
April 20, 2024
April 18, 2024
Today in History – April 18, 1955 – Herman “Fish” Salmon ejects from 2nd prototype of Second prototype Lockheed XF-104A Starfighter #53-7787
18 April 1955 – The Second prototype Lockheed XF-104A Starfighter, 53-7787, c/n 083-0002, is lost when the airframe sheds the bottom ejection seat hatch fairing …
April 18, 2024