Project Score
On Dec. 18, 1958, the Air Force placed in orbit the first artificial communications satellite, a Project Score relay vehicle integral with the four-ton Atlas launcher. The next day, the satellite broadcast a taped recording of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Christmas message--the first time a human voice had been heard from space. (U.S. Army illustration)
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Project Score
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Posted: 12/30/2010
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Navaho X-10
On Dec. 7, 1954, the U.S. Air Force made first successful recovery of the Navaho X-10 vehicle using a fully automated approach and landing system at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The X-10 was a supersonic research test vehicle designed to obtain advanced aerodynamic design data to be used in the development of the North American SM-64 Navaho ground-to-ground missile system. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration)
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Navaho X-10
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Posted: 12/13/2010
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1st Lt. James Fleming
On Nov. 28, 1968, then 1st Lt. James P. Fleming exposed his UH-1F helicopter to intense hostile fire while rescuing a special forces reconnaissance patrol. Lieutenant Fleming balanced on the edge of vulnerability over the jungles of Southeast Asia, thereby receiving a Medal of Honor for his gallantry. (U.S. Air Force illustration)
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Posted: 11/26/2010
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AGM-88 HARM firing
The AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile, or HARM, was successfully fired from a manned aircraft for the first time in 1976. The missile is an air-to-surface tactical missile designed to seek and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems.
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Posted: 11/24/2010
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Japanese Balloon Bombs
On Nov. 3, 1944, the Japanese launched operational balloon bombs as a means of direct reprisal against the U.S. mainland as a result of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. The balloons, made of paper or rubberized silk, carried anti-personnel and incendiary bombs. (U.S. Air Force illustration)
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Posted: 11/16/2010
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B-47 Stratojet
An overall view of a Boeing B-47 Stratojet aircraft in flight April 7, 1956. It was the world's first swept-wing bomber. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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B-47 Stratojet
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Posted: 11/12/2010
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Veterans Day
Veterans Day originally was called Armistice Day to remember the cessation of hostilities for World War I. (U.S. Air Force illustration/Corey Parrish)
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Veterans Day
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Posted: 11/11/2010
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Andersen Air Force Base, Guam
On Oct. 7, 1949, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam was named in honor of Brig. Gen. James Roy Andersen, who died on Feb. 26, 1945. Andersen was presumed lost at sea in the crash of his B-24 Liberator in an aircraft accident near Kwajalein Island on his way to Hawaii.
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Posted: 11/5/2010
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Capt. Mel Apt
Capt. Mel Apt sits in the Bell X-2 rocket-powered aircraft at Rogers Dry Lake, Calif., near Edwards Air Force Base. He reached a speed of Mach 3.2 -- three times the speed of sound -- in the X-2 before it tumbled out of control and he was killed attempting to bail out Sept. 27, 1956. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Capt. Mel Apt
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Posted: 11/2/2010
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XF-92A
The experimental XF-92A was the first true delta-wing aircraft. It was to serve as a flying prototype for a supersonic interceptor. The XF-92 program was cancelled without further production, but its design led to other delta-wing aircraft. (U.S.Air Force photo)
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XF-92A
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Posted: 10/28/2010
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Chief Master Sgt. Duane Hackney
Chief Master Sgt. Duane Hackney was the first living enlisted recipient of the Air Force Cross during the Vietnam War. The three others before him were awarded the medal posthumously. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Posted: 10/25/2010
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C-14B
The three occupants of the C-14B and their plane, which made history's first automatic landing, were Capt. Carl J. Crane, who invented the system, Capt. George V. Holloman, who flight tested it, and Raymond Stout, a Wright Field civilian electronic engineer who assisted in developing the system. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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C-14B
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Posted: 10/11/2010
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