April 7, 2024
Today in History – April 7, 1961 – Sidewinder misfire from F-100A blows off wing of B-52B
7 April 1961 – The B-52B Ciudad Juarez (named in honor of El Paso’s sister city across the Rio Grande) took off on a practice …
April 7, 2024
April 6, 2024
Today in History – April 6, 1959 – Col Edward H. Taylors sets Voodoo record
6 April 1959: At Edwards Air Force Base, in the high desert of southern California, Colonel Edward Hamilton Taylor, United States Air Force, set a …
April 6, 2024
April 5, 2024
Today in History – April 5, 1968 – Lt Alan Pollock flies first jet aircraft under a bridge
5 April 1968 – To protest the lack of an aerial display to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Air Force…and …
April 5, 2024
April 4, 2024
Today in History – April 4, 1971- 1Lt Joseph S. Smith KIA after left wing hit over Cambodia
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, “on April 4, 1971, then 1Lt Smith was the pilot of a single-seat F-100D (#563120) aircraft as the …
April 4, 2024
April 3, 2024
Today in History – April 3, 1965 – 1LT George Craig Smith takes heavy fire over SVN
April 3, 1965. Major George Craig Smith was born in St. Louis, MO on March 6, 1940, and was known as “Crockett” to family …
April 3, 2024
March 10, 2024
Today in History – March 10, 1968 – The Battle of Lima Site 85 (Battle of Phou Pha Thi) intensifies.
10 March 1968 – “During the Vietnam War and the Laotian Civil War, Phou Pha Thi mountain was an important strategic outpost which had served …
March 10, 2024