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March 19, 1941 Was The Inaugural Date of Tuskegee Airmen

March 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

March 19, 1941 was the inaugural date of Tuskegee Airmen (or the 99th Pursuit Squadron): the first division of all African-American pilots in the Army Air Corp. It was a great victory in the struggle […]

March 18th

March 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Colonel General Ernst Udet, German ace pilot, downed his first opponent on this date in 1916: an aggressive attack, outnumbered against a formation of 23 French aircraft.

Amelia Earhart Began An Attempted Global Circumnavigation Flight

March 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Renowned aviator Amelia Earhart began an attempted global circumnavigation flight on March 17, 1937, flying a Lockheed Electra from Oakland, California to Wheeler Field, HI in 15 hours and 47 minutes

Landing Of a Mitsubishi 1MF Fighter Plane On The Carrier Hōshō

March 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

March 16, 1923 saw Shunichi Kira’s landing of a Mitsubishi 1MF fighter plane on the carrier Hōshō. The event marked the first time a Japanese pilot had landed on an aircraft carrier. The Imperial Japanese […]

Convair B 58A Hustler in flight SN 59 2442. Photo taken on June 29 1967 061101 F 1234P 019

March 15th 1960 – Introduction: Convair B-58 Hustler

March 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Designed by Robert Widmer for Convair, the B-58 was the first supersonic jet bomber to achieve Mach 2. Intended for flight at high altitudes and capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, it was employed by […]

French-American Pilot Gervais Raoul Lufbery Was Born On This Day In 1885

March 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

French-American pilot Gervais Raoul Lufbery was born on this day in 1885. He was a flying ace during World War I, serving mostly with the French and later with the United States Army Air Service […]

American Aviator Edward O’Hare Was Born On This Day In 1914

March 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

American aviator Edward O’Hare was born on this day in 1914. O’Hare earned his stripes in the Navy, being awarded that division’s first ever title of flying ace and garnering the prestigious Medal of Honor […]

The Burgess H

March 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Burgess Model H (known informally as the “Model H military tractor”) first took to the skies in 1912. Propelled by a 70 horsepower Renault motor, it measured 27.75 feet long with a wingspan of […]

The United States Army Air Forces are Reorganized.

March 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

It was March 9th 1942 when The United States Army Air Forces were reorganized with the separate Air Force Combat Command (the combat element) and United States Army Air Corps (the logistics and training element) […]

The Grumman F11 Tiger Entered In Service

March 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

It was March 8th 1957, 56 years ago, when the Grumman F11 Tiger entered service with the United States Navy Attack Squadron 156 (VA-156). The world’s first carrier-based supersonic fighter, this single-seat fighter aircraft was […]

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