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tabAir Force Leadership 
Air Force Chiefs of Staff

Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force

Secretaries of the Air Force

tabAir Force Medal of Honor Recipients 
Air Force Medal of Honor Recipients

tabAir Force Firsts 
1903 -- The First Heavier-than-Air Flight

1907-1911 -- Signal Corps No. 1, the Army's First Airplane

1908 -- First Fatality in a Powered Aircraft

1909 -- First Air Arm Flying School

1923 -- The Beginnings of Inflight Refueling

1947 -- Breaking the Sound Barrier

1948 -- Integrating the Air Force

tabOrigins of the US Air Force 
1907-1947 -- The Lineage of the US Air Force

1926 -- The U.S. Army Air Corps Act

1935 -- The General Headquarters Air Force

1943-1947 - Struggle for Air Force Independence

1947 -- The National Security Act of 1947

1953 -- The Emergence of the Strategic Air Command

Evolution of the Department of the Air Force

One Hundred Years of Flight: Chronology 1903-2002

Timeline: A Century of Air and Space Power 1903-2003

USAF Named operations 1947-2006

tabSignificant Air Force Operations 
1942 - Doolittle's Raid
1943 - Ploesti Raids
1945 - Bombings of Dresden
1948 - The Berlin Airlift
1962 - Operation Ranch Hand
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis
1965 - Operation Rolling Thunder
1965 - Operation Arc Light
1972 - Operation Linebacker I
1972 - Operation Linebacker II
1975 - Operation Babylift and Frequent Wind
1979 - Operation Eagle Claw
1983 - Operation Urgent Fury
1986 - Operation El Dorado Canyon
1990 - Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm
1991 - Operation Provide Comfort and Northern Watch
1991 - Operation Southern Watch
1992 - NATO Operation Sky Monitor
1993 - Operation Deny Flight
1995 - Operation Deliberate Force
1996 - Operation Desert Strike
1998 - Operation Desert Fox
1999 - Operation Allied Force
2001 - Operation Noble Eagle
2001 - Operation Enduring Freedom
2003 - Operation Iraqi Freedom
2005 - Hurricane Katrina Relief Operations
tabFamous USAF Aircraft 
Army Air Forces Aircraft: A Definitive Moment

B-26 Bomber, Martin or Douglas?

Lucky Ladies I, II and III

Memphis Belle

tabHistorical WWII Air Force Organizations 
Tuskegee Airmen

Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

Women's Army Auxillary Corps (WAAC)


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