First Air Force

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381Pacific Air Forces / Thirteenth Air Force / United States Air Force / Seventh Air Force / Royal Thai Air Force bases / USAF units and aircraft of the Korean War / Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base / Military / United States / Gabby Gabreski

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 26 March – 1 April[removed]Apr 1935 The North American AT-6 Texan prototype first flew. One of the most widely used aircraft in history, the AT-6 advanced trainer was known as the “

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Language: English - Date: 2012-03-30 18:42:31
382Leo K. Thorsness / Doolittle Raid / Operation Eagle Claw / Pacific Air Forces / United States Air Force / Lockheed C-130 Hercules / North American B-25 Mitchell / Aerial refueling / Aviation / United States / Military aviation

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 18 – 24 April[removed]Apr 1942 Doolittle Raid. Colonel James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle led 16 B–25s from the aircraft carrier Hornet to bomb Tokyo and other sites in the first U.S.

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Language: English - Date: 2011-04-29 20:50:52
383Mayaguez incident / Pacific Air Forces / Joe M. Jackson / Lester J. Maitland / United States Air Force / Military personnel / United States / Vietnam War

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 9 – 15 May[removed]May 1932 First blind solo. At Dayton, Ohio, Capt. Albert Hegenberger completed the first blind solo flight (on instruments alone) without even a check pilot aboard.

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Language: English - Date: 2011-05-10 21:17:05
384Pacific Air Forces / Tactical Air Command / Gabby Gabreski / Lockheed C-141 Starlifter / Twenty-Second Air Force / Yokota Air Base / Military organization / Military / United States Air Force

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 28 March – 3 April[removed]Apr 1935 The North American AT-6 Texan prototype first flew. One of the most widely used aircraft in history, the AT-6 advanced trainer was known as the “

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Language: English - Date: 2011-03-30 22:30:19
385Military helicopters / Pacific Air Forces / United States Air Force / Sikorsky MH-53 / Yokota Air Base / Kadena Air Base / Lockheed MC-130 / Lockheed C-130 Hercules / Strategic Air Command / Aviation / Military aviation / Air refueling

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 12 – 18 March[removed]Mar 1916 The 1st Aero Squadron (1 AS) became the first U.S. aviation unit to engage in field operations. Equipped with eight Curtis JN-3 aircraft (photo below),

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Language: English - Date: 2012-03-13 19:52:56
386The Pentagon / United States Air Force / United States Department of Defense / Pacific Air Forces / Eleventh Air Force / ASM-A-1 Tarzon / Aerial refueling / Thirteenth Air Force / Griffiss Air Force Base / Military organization / United States / Military

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 9 – 15 January[removed]Jan 1793 Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first manned balloon flight in America with a 46minute trip from Philadelphia to Debtford Township, N.J. He carried land

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-17 14:29:53
38715th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force / Pacific Air Forces / Yokota Air Base / 58th Special Operations Wing / Royal Thai Air Force bases / USAF units and aircraft of the Korean War / Military organization / United States Air Force / United States

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 19 – 25 March[removed]Mar 1910 Orville Wright opened the first Wright Flying School on a site at Montgomery, Alabama that later became Maxwell Air Force Base. 21 Mar 1912 Lt. Frank P

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Language: English - Date: 2012-03-26 15:30:20
388McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle / McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle / Aerial refueling / Pacific Air Forces / U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield / AGM-158 JASSM / Royal Thai Air Force bases / United States Air Force / Military / Flight

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 26 December 2011 – 1 January[removed]Dec 1910 The first powered flight in Hawaii took place as James ―Bud‖ Mars (right) flew a

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-17 14:22:18
389Quang Tri Province / Barksdale Air Force Base / Pacific Air Forces / Kadena Air Base / U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield / Tan Son Nhut Air Base / United States Air Force / Military / Battle of Khe Sanh

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 16 – 22 January[removed]Jan 1778 Captain James Cook sighted the Hawaiian Islands for the first time. Cook named them the Sandwich Islands after his patron, the Earl of Sandwich. At t

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Language: English - Date: 2012-01-17 14:32:57
390Strategic bombing / Strategic Air Command / Tactical Air Command / Royal Thai Air Force bases / Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker / Operation Linebacker II / Pacific Air Forces / Boeing YAL-1 / United States Air Force / Military organization / Military aviation / Aviation

This Week in USAF and PACAF History 2 – 8 May[removed]May 1918 First Flight Surgeons. Captains John F. Gallagher, Robert J. Hunter, and Claude T. Uren became the first medical officers to be assigned as flight surgeons

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Language: English - Date: 2011-04-29 20:52:01
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