YC-130, prototype for the C-130 Hercules
The YC-130, prototype for the classic transport aircraft, completed its first flight Aug. 23, 1954. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 1/25/2008
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Rogers Dry Lake, Calif.
An overhead view of Rogers Dry Lake on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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Encampment on Rogers Dry Lake
In the 1930s, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., was the Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range. Photographed is a tent camp on the edge of Rogers Dry Lake then. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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1st Wing at Rogers Dry Lake
Overhead view of the Army Air Corps 1st Wing bivouacked on Rogers Dry Lake, Calif. in 1936. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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1st Wing aircraft
Overhead view of aircraft from the1st Wing of the Army Air Corps parked on the lake bed adjacent to the tent encampment at Muroc, Calif., in 1936. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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Bell XP-59
The Bell XP-59 flies a test mission. The aircraft was America's first jet-powered aircraft, and made its maiden flight on Oct. 1, 1942. (Courtesy photo)
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Bell XP-59
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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Lockheed XP-80
The Lockheed XP-80 made its first flight on Jan. 8, 1944. In 1948, the Air Force changed the "P" designation (Pursuit) to "F" (Fighter). The P-80 Shooting Star was the first operational jet fighter, and as the F-80 saw combat in the Korean War. (Courtesy photo)
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Lockheed XP-80
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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XP-86
The North American XP-86 made its first flight Oct. 1, 1947. In 1948, the Air Force changed the "P" designation (Pursuit) to "F" (Fighter), and when the aircraft was added to the inventory, it was named the Sabre. (Courtesy photo)
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XP-86
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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First Mach flight propels Yeager, Air Force into history
Capt. Charles E. Yeager (shown standing next to the Air Force's Bell-built X-1 supersonic research aircraft) became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound on Oct. 14, 1947. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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Captains Yeager and Ridley
Capts. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager (left) and Jackie L. Ridley stand next to the cockpit of the X-1. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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Capt. Charles E. Yeager
Capt. Charles E. Yeager seated in the cockpit of the Bell X-1 supersonic research aircraft. He became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound on Oct. 14, 1947. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 1/14/2008
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