March 25, 1955: The prototype XF8U-1 Crusader, with Chance Vought Aircraft Corporation experimental test pilot John William Konrad at the…
March 18, 1942: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority, which was put in…
March 11, 1918: Lt. Paul Baer becomes the first AEF Air Service member awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Baer was…
March 4, 1936: The last great passenger-carrying airship, a veritable behemoth in its day, takes to the air for the…
Digital and Print Journal of Aerospace, Defense Industry and Veteran News, serving the Antelope Valley (“Aerospace Valley”) and Edwards AFB,…
Feb. 25, 1929: The world’s first major air evacuation comes to an end when Britain’s Royal Air Force flies out…
Feb. 11, 1939: Shortly after its first flight, 1st Lt. Benjamin Kelsey, U.S. Army Air Corps, took the prototype Lockheed…
Feb. 4, 1929: At 5:37:30 p.m., Pacific Time, Frank Monroe Hawks took off from Metropolitan Field, Los Angeles, California, (now…
Jan. 28, 1964: Maj. Robert Rushworth flew the 100th X-15 flight near Edwards Air Force Base and, according to the…
Jan. 21, 1951: The U. S. Air Force F-84 Thunderjet makes its first kill, when Lt. Col. William E. Bertram of the…