On this date in 1955 the Bell X-2 flew for the first time.
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On this day in 1978 the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet flew for the first time.
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On this date in 1964 the Grumman C-2 Greyhound flew for the first time.
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On this date in 1969 Apollo 12 landed on the Moon. Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan L. Bean became the third and fourth humans to walk on its surface.
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On this date in 1952 a North American F-86D Sabre fighter set a new world speed record of 698.505 miles per hour.
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On this date in 1945 The Boeing B-29 Pacusan Dreamboat set a world nonstop distance record of 8,198 miles on a flight from Guam to Washington, D. C.
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On this date in 1978 The US Air Force ordered the development of the KC-10A Extender. NKAWTG!
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On this day in 1947 the Grumman F9F Panther flew for the first time.
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On this date in 1970 US aircraft began the first major bombing campaign of North Vietnam since 1968. 300 aircraft attacked the Mu Gia and Ban Gari passes. Here's how they captured the action.
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On this date in 1946 the Martin 2-0-2 flew for the first time.
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