On This Day In Aviation History

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:49 pm

92 years ago today:
Eye opener- On this date in 1928 Iven Carl "Kinch" Kincheloe, Jr. was born. Kinch became a test pilot and was a recipient of the Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross as well as a Korean War F-86 Sabre fighter ace.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:52 am

80 years ago today, the Northrop N-1M flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjKASCLsBW8

72 years ago today, the AJ (Later A-2) Savage, a carrier-based medium bomber built by North American, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6bwqzhUN1A

59 years ago today, the Soko G-2 Galeb, Yugoslavia's first mass-produced jet aircraft, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIrtAaCHlDw

38 years ago today, the F-16XL, a cranked-arrow delta wing derivative of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecM1-ISNeHE
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:08 pm

44 years ago today:
Eye opener- on this date in 1976, three Israeli Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules airlifters carried Israeli commandos to Entebbe in Uganda to rescue the passengers of Air France Flight 139 held hostage by Idi Amin.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:18 am

45 years ago today, the Boeing 747SP (for Special Performance), a shortened version of the Boeing 747, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56gSo8GCiQU

34 years ago today, the Rafale A, a technology demonstrator, flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYV0VHEbkUg
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:01 am

103 years ago today, the Fokker DR.1 triplane, made famous by Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the 'Red Baron', flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90SGaZaZjCc

29 years ago today, the Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v22hgXJ8_zU
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:30 am

78 years ago today, the Yakovlev Yak-9 flew for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKa06R579cA
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:00 pm

77 years ago today:
Happy birthday to Commemorative Air Force Inland Empire Wing's D-Day Doll, which came off the line at the Douglas plant in Long Beach, CA #OTD in 1943! She looks pretty good for 77 years old, doesn't she?
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72 years ago today:
On this date in 1948 the Navy's first Airborne Early Warning squadrons, VAW-1 and VAW-2, were formed. Both flew these AEW trendsetters.
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28 years ago today:
Eye opener- on this (sad) day in 1992 the last F-4M Phantom IIs in service with the Royal Air Force were retired.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:39 am

59 years ago today, the Mil Mi-8 (NATO code-named: Hip) flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M835z8sGJxw

58 years ago today, the Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird flew for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oim_vSzD6sU
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:49 am

60 years ago today, INAS 300 (nicknamed: The White Tigers) of the Indian Navy was activated. The squadron's first aircraft was the Hawker Sea Hawk, which they flew until the early-80s. From there they would fly the Sea Harrier until May 11, 2016 when they switched to the squadron's current aircraft, the MiG-29KUB.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jul 07, 2020 11:57 pm

78 years ago today:
#OTD in 1942, the US Army Air Corps formed the China Air Task Force (CATF) under the command of Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault, after the Flying Tigers of the 1st American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force were disbanded on July 4 a couple days earlier. A subordinate unit of the 10th Air Force, the CATF initially consisted of the 23rd Fighter Group and the 11th Bombardment Squadron. On March 19, 1943, the CATF was replaced by the 14th Air Force, with Chennault, now a major general, in command.

In its nine months of existence, the CATF was credited with 149 confirmed and 85 probable Japanese aircraft destroyed, with a loss of only 16 P-40s. It flew 65 bombing missions against Japanese targets in China, Burma and Indochina, dropping 311 tons of bombs and losing only one B-25 bomber.

Do you know eventually became of the 14th Air Force?
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55 years ago today:
On this date in 1965 the 1000th F-4 Phantom was rolled out.
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