July 27, 2024
Today in History – July 27, 1960 – Thunderbirds pilot Capt John R Crane’s F-100C crashes.
July 27, 1960 – North American F-100C #53-1740, assigned to the USAF Thunderbirds on 28 March 1960, crashes fifty miles from Nellis AFB, Nevada, killing …
July 27, 2024
July 26, 2024
Today in History – July 26, 1998 – Burt Rutan launches first flight of the Scaled Composites Proteus
26 July 1998 – Burt Rutan’s “Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus is a tandem-wing high-altitude long endurance aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to investigate the …
July 26, 2024
July 25, 2024
Today in History – July 25, 1962 – Operation Fishbowl suffers 3rd launch mishap.
25 July 1962 – “The third launch attempt of a nuclear warhead in Operation Fishbowl, as part of Operation Dominic, aboard an Douglas SM-75 Thor …
July 25, 2024
July 24, 2024
Today in History – July 24, 1965 – F-4’s attacked by SAM’s.
24 July 1965 – Four F-4 C Phantoms escorting a bombing raid at Kang Chi are the targets of SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air antiaircraft missiles in …
July 24, 2024
July 23, 2024
Today in History – July 23, 1956 – USAF pilot LTC Frank “Pete” Everest becomes “Fastest Man Alive”
July 23, 1956 – Lieutenant Colonel Frank Kendall “Pete” Everest, United States Air Force, became “The Fastest Man Alive” when he flew the USAF/NACA/Bell X-2 …
July 23, 2024
July 22, 2024
Today in History – July 22, 1968 – 1Lt Lynn Arthur Hoffman’s F-100 is hit by lightning and crashes. He is KIA.
July 22, 1968 – 1Lt Lynn Arthur Hoffman was born on February 21, 1943. He lived in Sewickley, PA, and entered the USAF via the …
July 22, 2024