Air Force Historical Foundation @AFHF
The recognized guardian of the history and legacy of the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force...Know the Past, Shape the Future. afhistory.org Andrews Air Force Base Joined July 2010-
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Know the Past…Shape the Future The Official PODCAST of the AFHF Episode 3 now available afhistory.org/podcast/
1923: From 2-3 May, after adding extra fuel tanks to their Fokker T2 Liberty 400, Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready flew the first nonstop transcontinental flight from New York to San Diego, flying the 2,520 miles in 26 hours 50 minutes 3 seconds.
1965: The YF-12A (SR-71 prototype) set nine FAI records at Edwards AFB: 2,070.101 MPH for straightaway speed; 1,642 MPH for a 500-kilometer closed course; 1,688 MPH for a 1,000-kilo meter closed course; and 80,257 feet for sustained altitude in horizontal flight.
1960: Soviet air defenses shot down a U-2 from Incirlik AB while flying from Pakistan to Norway. They captured Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pilot Francis Gary Powers near Sverdlovsk. afhistory.org/wp-content/upl…
1965: After a political crisis flared into a revolution in the Dominican Republic, the US intervened to protect and evacuate American and foreign citizens. TAC and MATS transports flew 1,702 sorties to airlift 16,000 passengers and 16,086 tons of cargo to the island.
1993: The Rockwell X-31A EFM Demonstrator made the first high-angle-of-attack, post-stall, 180-degree turn known as the Herbst Maneuver. The aircraft made the turn in a 475-foot radius.
1966: Col Joseph F. Cotton and Lt Col Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Jr., became the first Air Force crew to fly the XB-70A bomber.
1966: Major Paul J. Gilmore, aircraft commander, and First Lieutenant William T. Smith, pilot, flying McDonnell F-4C-23-MC Phantom II 64-0752, shot down the first Vietnam People’s Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 of the Vietnam War.
one of two Americans to first use a plane in combat; and the first Chief of Staff of the Army Air Corps to be a military aviator. 2/2 #Foulois #AirMail #ArmyAirCorps #ArmyAirForces
1967: Maj Gen Benjamin D. Foulois died at Andrews AFB at the age of 87. He was the first person to fly an Army dirigible; first military observer on a cross-country flight with Orville Wright; first military man to teach himself to fly; 1/2
1945: Flying a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Patrol Bombing Squadron 109 launched two Bat missiles against enemy shipping in Balikpapan Harbor, Borneo. This was the first combat employment of the only automatic homing missile used in World War II.
AFHF Notable achievement: 1st Lt Erica C. Higginbotham, USAF, received this year’s AFHF Gen Bryce Poe II Award for excellence. Gen Richard Reynolds, USAF (ret.) and AFHF Life Member) presented the award.
Despite an urgent need for fuel, Thorsness decided to recover at a forward operating base to allow another aircraft in an emergency condition to refuel from a tanker. Two weeks later, enemy forces shot him down, captured him, and held him as a POW until 4 March 1973. 2/3
1967: MEDAL OF HONOR--Maj Leo K. Thorsness earned his medal by protecting a mission to rescue downed airmen in North Vietnam. While flying an F-105 with low fuel, Thorsness shot down one MiG-17, damaged another, and drove off three more. 1/3
After his military service, Thorsness served one term in the Washington State Senate. #MedalofHonor #Thorsness 3/3
However, the mission raised U.S. morale and reversed a trend of Japanese victories. Doolittle later received the Medal of Honor for leading the mission. (Image: Gen Hap Arnold, Jo Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, and Gen George Marshall with FDR presenting the Medal of Honor) 2/2
1942: MEDAL OF HONOR--From the carrier USS Hornet, located 668 miles off Tokyo, Lt Col James H. Doolittle led 16 B-25s in the first raid on Japan. The range of the mission caused the raiders to crash land in China. The attack caused little damage. 1/2
1972: Apollo 16 carried John W. Young, Charles M. Duke, Jr., and Thomas K. Mattingly II from the Kennedy Space Center on the fifth lunar landing mission.
1949: BERLIN AIRLIFT’S BIGGEST DAY. Military aircraft delivered a record 12,940 tons of supplies to Berlin in 1,398 flights within 24 hours. The image shows the final tally of tonnage.
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Happy Independence Day from your Space Force 🎇 🎆 #SemperSupra #4thOfJuly
Happy 4th of July from the world's greatest Air Force 💥
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We'll execute Mission Command through centralized command, distributed control, & decentralized execution. We'll include opportunities for creative problem solving towards current & relevant scenarios to foster a culture of innovation. go.usa.gov/xtRx
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Today in 1960, test pilot Joe Walker flew our North American X-15 (56-6670) on his first free flight in the X-15. He would go on to pilot the X-15 two dozen times, including two over the Kármán line.
Chuck Yeager flew Bell X-1 to the highest velocity and altitude of any piloted airplane up to that time—today in 1948. He reached Mach 1.45 and flew to an altitude of 71,900 feet. #IdeasThatDefy
Jeannie Leavitt became the United States Air Force’s first female fighter pilot in 1993. In her over 25 years of military service, the now-Brigadier General’s accomplishments have been groundbreaking. Read more on her story: s.si.edu/3LlXkYL #WomensHistoryMonth
Warren supporters think it's sexist to point out that every answer she gives turns into hectoring. It's not. Klobuchar makes her points calmly, forcefully, sometimes with humor. Warren always sounds like she's going to demand to see the manager, and it doesn't work well, imo.
#AimHigh RT @Offutt_AFB: “Humbled, honored and grateful” @AFHF #DoolittleAward offutt.af.mil/News/Article/1…
I hope everyone had a great #Thanksgiving. I am #Thankful for the #Airmen working to meet our nation’s challenges & deliver Air & Space power every day.
Look at all that Air Power!
Pilots from the @388fw and 419th Fighter Wing prepare for takeoff as part of a combat power exercise today at @HAFB to prove their ability to quickly employ a large force of @thef35 and demonstrate the jet’s readiness and lethality. #F35 📷: @usairforce photo by Cynthia Griggs
Thanks for a great visit @Team_Tinker. Lots of great work being done here to increase the readiness of the #USAF
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