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
July 21, 2024
Today in History – July 21, 1965/1968 Capt. T.J. Parker ejects and is recovered/LTC Sherman Flanagan is KIA
July 21, 1965 – T. J. Parker with the 481st TFS out of Bien Hoa AB was flying F-100 #563334 when his aircraft was hit …
July 21, 2024
July 20, 2024
Today in History – July 20, 1969/1972 – Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon/Lockheed SR-71A, 61-7978, Article 2029, lost in landing accident at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa.
July 20, 1969 – Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the Moon, and …
July 20, 2024
July 19, 2024
Today in History – July 19, 1957 – Shot John, 1st and only firing of a live, nuclear-armed, air-to-air anti-aircraft missile.
19 July 1957 – Northrop F-89J Scorpion, Nuclear Weapon Test, Operation Plumbbob, W-25 Warhead (From thisdayinaviation.com) During 1957, a series of 29 nuclear weapons tests were carried out …
July 19, 2024
July 18, 2024
Today in History – July 18, 1966 – 1st time an HH-3E refueled from a Lockheed HC-130P
18 July 1967: For the first time, a U.S. Air Force Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant combat search and rescue helicopter refueled in flight from …
July 18, 2024