United States Air Force Wars and History

United States Air Force Wars and History Related Important Events ⚡

Date of Event	Event / Incident
18 September 1947	The National Security Act came into force, the United States Air Force was established as a separate branch of the US Army, as well as as a central intelligence agency.
08 July 1948	The United States first recruited women in the United States Air Force. Women constables were given a limited role to play in the USAF. The program ended in 1976 when women were given equal rights to men in the armed forces.
15 April 1952	For most of the aircraft's history, the United States Air Force -run B -52 stratofort, a long distance, subcutical, jet -manual, strategic bombers took their first flight.
22 November 1963	The first B -2 Stealth Bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in the Air Force Plant 42 in Pamdale, California.
22 December 1964	Lockheed SR -71 Blackbird, long distance from the United States Air Force, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft and The World's fastest manual aircraft took their first flight.
18 June 1981	The United States Air Force (USAF) F-117 was the first operational aircraft designed around the stealth technology. Lockheed F -117 Nighthock, the first operational aircraft that was initially designed around Stealth Technology, creates its first flight. Lockheed F-117 Nighthock is a single-seat, twin-engine stealth attack aircraft developed by Lockheed's Secret Skink Works Division and operated by the United.
13 February 1991	Gulf War: The United States Air Force dropped two laser-guided 'smart bombs' on an air-raid shelter in Baghdad, Iraq, which was believed to be a military command site, killing at least 408 civilians.
24 June 1994	A United States B -52 stratofortress crashed at the Spochen County, Washington at the Air Force Base, who killed four members of the crew, and later provided a case study on the compliance of security regulations.
02 June 1995	United States Air Force captain Scott O 'Gradi was killed by the Bosnia Serb Army SA -6 surface -to -air missile, while patrolling the Nonato No -Fly Zone over Bosnia in an F -16, But was able to safely take him out. Six days later.
03 February 1998	A United States Air Force EA-6B Prowler inadvertently severed a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway in Cavalese, Italy, sending 20 people plummeting to their deaths.
28 March 2003	Invasion of Iraq – In a friendly fire incident, two members of the United States Air Force attacked the United Kingdom's Blues and Royals of the Home Cavalry, killing one and wounding five British civilians.
15 December 2005	The F -22 raptor, a stealth fighter aircraft that the United States Air Force claimed that is unmatched by any known or approximate fighter, entered the service despite a long and expensive development period.
07 June 2006	In Iraq, al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarakavi was killed when the United States Air Force bombed his safe house near Babah.
28 August 2007	Six nuclear warheads were accused of incorrectly loading by a huge bombers of an United States Air Force, which flew from Minotier Force Base in North Dakota to Barkdel Air Force Base in Louisiana.
16 June 2012	The Robot Boeing X-37B spacecraft of the United States Air Force returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable unmanned spacecraft. It is enhanced into space by a projection vehicle, then re -enters the Earth's atmosphere and space as a spacecraft. The X-37 is operated by the United States Air Force for orbital spacecraft missions aimed at displaying reusable space technologies.