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Today in Naval History
October 11
1776 Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnolds 17-ship flotilla is defeated in three long and separate actions at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain as they engage 25 ships under Capt. Thomas Pringle. Though defeated, the battle delays the British advance and causes it to fall back into winter quarters. It is nearly a year before the advance is renewed.
1841 Abel P. Upshur becomes the 13th Secretary of the Navy, serving until July 1843. Among his achievements are the replacement of the old Board of Navy Commissioners with the bureau system, regularization of the officer corps, increased Navy appropriations, construction of new sailing and steam warships, and the establishment of the Naval Observatory and Hydrographic Office.
1933 The rigid airship Macon (ZRS 5) departs NAS Lakehurst, NJ, for her new home on the West Coast at NAS Sunnyvale, CA. The airship followed the Atlantic coast down to Macon, GA, and turned westward over the southern route. The craft arrived at Sunnyvale on the afternoon of 15 Oct., completing the 2,500-mile nonstop flight in approximately 70 hours.
1940 Rear Adm. Harold G. Bowen, the technical aid to the Secretary of the Navy, proposes a program for the development of radio ranging equipment (radar). This formed the basis for the Navy's prewar radar development effort, which included an airborne radar for surface search in addition to identification equipment and ship‑based radar.
1942 A cruiser-destroyer task force led by Rear Adm. Norman Scott intercepts a similar Japanese Navy unit. In the resulting Battle of Cape Esperance, the Japanese lose the heavy cruiser Furutaka and destroyer Fubuki, with two more destroyers sunk by American air attacks the next day. The destroyer Duncan (DD 485) is the only loss from Scott's Task Force 64. This victory is the U.S. Navy's first of the Guadalcanal Campaign.
1944 USS Tang (SS 306) sinks Japanese freighters Joshu Go and Oita Maru in the Formosa Strait. Also on this date, USS Trepang (SS 412), in an attack on a Japanese convoy south of Honshu, sinks landing ship T.105 about 105 miles southwest of Tokyo Bay.
1956 An R6D-1 from VR-6 on scheduled Military Air Transport Service flight from Lakenheath, England, to Lajes, Azores, disappears over the Atlantic with nine crewmembers and 50 passengers aboard. Ships and aircraft searched during the following 14 days and find debris from the Liftmaster, but fail to locate survivors.
1968 Apollo 7 is launched. The first U.S. three-man space mission is commanded by Navy Cmdr. Walter Schirra, Jr. Donn F. Eisele is the command module pilot and Marine Corps Maj. Ronnie Cunningham serves as lunar module pilot. The mission lasts 10 days and 20 hours with 163 orbits. Recovery is facilitated by HS-5 helicopters from USS Essex (CVS 9).
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Today in History October 11
1531 | The Catholics defeat the Protestants at Kappel during Switzerland's second civil war. | |
1540 | Charles V of Milan puts his son Philip in control. | |
1727 | George II of England crowned. | |
1795 | In graditude for putting down a rebellion in the streets of Paris, France's National Convention appoints Napoleon Bonaparte second in command of the Army of the Interior. | |
1862 | The Confederate Congress in Richmond passes a draft law allowing anyone owning 20 or more slaves to be exempt from military service. This law confirms many southerners opinion that they are in a 'rich man's war and a poor man's fight.' | |
1877 | Outlaw Wild Bill Longley, who killed at least a dozen men, is hanged, but it took two tries; on the first try, the rope slipped and his knees drug the ground. | |
1899 | South African Boers, settler from the Netherlands, declare war on Great Britain. | |
1906 | San Francisco school board orders the segregation of Oriental schoolchildren, inciting Japanese outrage. | |
1942 | In the Battle of Cape Esperance, near the Solomon Islands, U.S. cruisers and destroyers decisively defeat a Japanese task force in a night surface encounter. | |
1945 | Negotiations between Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and Communist leader Mao Tse-tung break down. Nationalist and Communist troops are soon engaged in a civil war. | |
1950 | The Federal Communications Commission authorizes the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) to begin commercial color TV broadcasts. | |
1962 | Pope John XXIII opens the 21st Ecumenical Council (Vatican II) with a call for Christian unity. This is the largest gathering of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in history; among delegate-observers are representatives of major Protestant denominations, in itself a sign of sweeping change. | |
1968 | Apollo 7, with three men aboard, is successfully launched from Cape Kennedy. | |
1972 | A French mission in Vietnam is destroyed by a U.S. bombing raid. | |
1972 | Race riot breaks out aboard carrier USS Kitty Hawk off Vietnam during Operation Linebacker. | |
1975 | Saturday Night Live comedy-variety show premiers on NBC, with guest host comedian George Carlin and special guests Janis Ian, Andy Kaufman and Billy Preston; at this writing (2013) the show is still running. | |
1976 | The so-called "Gang of Four," Chairman Mao Tse-tung's widow and three associates, are arrested in Peking, setting in motion an extended period of turmoil in the Chinese Communist Party. | |
1984 | Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, part of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger, becomes the first American woman to walk in space. | |
1987 | Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force begins in Sri Lanka; thousands of Tamil citizens, along with hundreds of Tamil Tigers militants and Indian Army soldiers will die in the operation. | |
1991 | Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas begin. | |
2000 | NASA launches its 100th Space Shuttle mission. | |
2001 | The Polaroid Corporation, which had provided shutterbugs with photo prints in minutes with its "instant cameras" since 1947, files for bankruptcy. |
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The Battle for Savo Island
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The Battle of Cape Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the Sea Battle of Savo Island (サボ島沖海戦), took place on 11–12 October 1942, in the Pacific campaign of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and United States Navy. The naval battle was the second of four major surface engagements during the Guadalcanal campaign and took place at the entrance to the strait between Savo Island and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Cape Esperance (9°15′S 159°42′E) is the northernmost point on Guadalcanal, and the battle took its name from this point.
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This Day in U S Military History
1939 – Albert Einstein wrote his famous letter to FDR about the potential of the atomic bomb. Einstein, a long time pacifist, was concerned that the Nazis would get the bomb first. In the letter, Einstein argued the scientific feasibility of atomic weapons, and urged the need for development of a US atomic program. The physicists Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, and Edward Teller, who were profoundly disturbed by the lack of American atomic action, had enlisted the aid of the Nobel prize-winner Einstein in the summer of 1939, hoping that a letter from such a renowned scientist would persuade Roosevelt into action.
1942 – In the World War II Battle of Cape Esperance in the Solomon Islands, U.S. cruisers and destroyers decisively defeated a Japanese task force in a night surface encounter sinking two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485).
1951 – A Marine battalion was flown by transport helicopters to a frontline combat position for the first time, when HMR-161 lifted the 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, and its equipment, during Operation Bumblebee, northeast of Yanggu, Korea. This is the first battalion sized combat helolift.
1952 – Two USAF 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing F-86 Sabre jet pilots shot down enemy aircraft. It was future ace Captain Clyde A. Curtin's first aerial victory of the war. Captain Clifford Jolley chalked up his seventh and final enemy aircraft kill. Four other MiGs were destroyed in a series of battles over northwest Korea.
1968 – Apollo 7, The first manned Apollo mission, was launched from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. It made 163 orbits. The mission lasted 10 days and 20 hours. Recovery was by HS-5 helicopters from USS Essex (CVS-9).
1972 – A French mission in Vietnam was destroyed by a U.S. bombing raid.
2000 – The shuttle Discovery with a crew of 7 lifted off from Cape Canaveral for an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. It marked the shuttle fleet's 100th mission. STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle
2009 – Luis Armando Pena Soltren, a suspect wanted for the 1968 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 281, is surrendered after more than 40 years. Pan Am Flight 281 was a regularly scheduled Pan American World Airways flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was hijacked on November 24, 1968, by 4 men from JFK International Airport, New York to Havana, Cuba. US Fighter jets followed plane to Cuba. Soltren, lived as a fugitive in Cuba. He pleaded guilty to the hijacking on March 18, 2010. On January 4, 2011 he was sentenced to 15 years in prison, without the possibility of parole.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
*BLACKWELL, ROBERT L.
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company K, 119th Infantry, 30th Division. Place and date: Near St. Souplet, France, 11 October 1918. Entered service at: Hurdle Mills, N.C. Birth: Person County, N.C. G.O. No.: 13, W.D., 1919. Citation: When his platoon was almost surrounded by the enemy and his platoon commander asked for volunteers to carry a message calling for reinforcements, Pvt. Blackwell volunteered for this mission, well knowing the extreme danger connected with it. In attempting to get through the heavy shell and machinegun fire this gallant soldier was killed.
HILTON, RICHMOND H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company M, 118th Infantry, 30th Division. Place and date: At Brancourt, France, 11 October 1918. Entered service at: Westville, S.C. Born: 8 October 1898, Westville, S.C. G.O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919. Citation: While Sgt. Hilton's company was advancing through the village of Brancourt it was held up by intense enfilading fire from a machinegun. Discovering that this fire came from a machinegun nest among shell holes at the edge of the town, Sgt. Hilton, accompanied by a few other soldiers, but well in advance of them, pressed on toward this position, firing with his rifle until his ammunition was exhausted, and then with his pistol, killing 6 of the enemy and capturing 10. In the course of this daring exploit he received a wound from a bursting shell, which resulted in the loss of his arm.
KEARBY, NEEL E. (Air Mission)
Rank and organization: Colonel, U.S. Army Air Corps. Place and date: Near Wewak, New Guinea, 11 October 1943. Entered service at: Dallas, Tex. Birth: Wichita Falls, Tex. G.O. No.: 3, 6 January 1944. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy, Col. Kearby volunteered to lead a flight of 4 fighters to reconnoiter the strongly defended enemy base at Wewak. Having observed enemy installations and reinforcements at 4 airfields, and secured important tactical information, he saw an enemy fighter below him, made a diving attack and shot it down in flames. The small formation then sighted approximately 12 enemy bombers accompanied by 36 fighters. Although his mission had been completed, his fuel was running low, and the numerical odds were 12 to 1, he gave the signal to attack. Diving into the midst of the enemy airplanes he shot down 3 in quick succession. Observing 1 of his comrades with 2 enemy fighters in pursuit, he destroyed both enemy aircraft. The enemy broke off in large numbers to make a multiple attack on his airplane but despite his peril he made one more pass before seeking cloud protection. Coming into the clear, he called his flight together and led them to a friendly base. Col. Kearby brought down 6 enemy aircraft in this action, undertaken with superb daring after his mission was completed.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for October 11, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
11 October
1910: Former President Theodore Roosevelt became the first President to fly in an aircraft, when he flew as a passenger with Archibald Hoxsey in a Wright biplane at St. Louis. (20) (21)
1927: While crossing the Atlantic, George Haldeman and Ruth Elder were forced to land in the ocean near a freighter. (9)
1945: The Army launched a US-made ballistic missile for the first time at White Sands Proving Ground. The Tiny Tim booster with a WAC Corporal rocket reached 43 miles in altitude. (21)
1947: The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, a transport variant of the B-29 Superfortress, began service in ATC. It could be configured to transport materiel, troops, or casualties. (18)
1949: Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward set a new endurance record of 1,124 hours 14 minutes in an Aeronca at Yuma. (24)
1957: A Navy A3D Skywarrior set a new speed record from San Francisco to Honolulu in 4 hours 29 minutes 55 seconds. (9) A Thor missile launched from Cape Canaveral became the second to be tested successfully in the program. It exceeded the designed 1,500-mile range and landed in the Atlantic Ocean some 2,000 miles away from the Cape. (24)
1958: The USAF launched Pioneer I, a lunar probe vehicle, to 80,000 miles in height before it fell back to earth on 13 October. (24)
1961: Maj Robert White flew the X-15 to 215,000 feet at Edwards AFB. PROJECT FARM GATE. President John F. Kennedy authorized a detachment from the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron, later part of the 1st Air Commando Group, with 151 officers and enlisted men and eight T-28, four SC-47, and four RB-26 aircraft to deploy to South Vietnam as Project Farm Gate. The unit arrived in Vietnam on 14 November and flew its first T-28 strike mission from Bien Hoa on 26 December. The Farm Gate aircraft carried Vietnamese Air Force markings. The aircraft were used until 1 April 1964. (17)
1966: Lockheed Missiles and Space Company engineer Deke Sonnichsen claimed six world records when he flew a Quick Silver Libra II Piccard hot-air balloon to 21,250 feet. He then traveled from Tracy to Salida, Calif., and claimed altitude records in the AX-4, AX-5, AX-6, AX-7, and AX-8 categories, while setting a distance record of 20.24 miles. (9)
1968: APOLLO VII. The first manned mission in the lunar landing program launched from Kennedy Space Center Complex 34 on a Saturn IB booster. The crew, which included Maj Don F. Eisele, splashed down on 22 October after completing 163 revolutions of the earth. (16) (26)
1970: The USAF's first undergraduate helicopter pilot student entered training at Fort Wolters, Texas. The Army program was geared to train 225 Air Force pilots a year. (16) (26)
1972: In ceremonies at Littleton, Colo., Martin Marietta delivered the X-24B experimental lifting body to the USAF and NASA. 1984: MAC flew US Secret Service vehicles to Puerto Rico to protect Pope John Paul II during his visit to San Juan. (26)
1985: A 438 MAW C-141 Starlifter flew 11 American survivors from the hijacked Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro, from Cairo, Egypt to Newark Liberty International Airport, N. J. (16) (26)
1986: Through 16 October, the Air Force flew medicine and other supplies to El Salvador's capital city after an earthquake destroyed 96 percent of its buildings. (16) (26)
1990: Rockwell pilot Ken Dyson flew the X-31A Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability demonstrator for the first time above Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale. (20)
1995: The F-111 Aardvark began flying to the aircraft graveyard at Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz., after a decision to retire all F-111s from service. (16)
1998: Operation PHOENIX DUKE. The violent repression of Albanians in Kosovo by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia threatened to spark a war between Yugoslavia and the NATO states. AMC, ANG, and AFRC airlifters and tankers moved into position under this operation. Yugoslavia averted conflict by agreeing to cease operations against the Kosovar Albanians. Most of the command's assets returned to home station in early November. (22)
2001: The KC-135 manager at Wright-Patterson's Aeronautical Systems Center asked the AFFTC at Edwards AFB to accelerate testing of the C/KC-135 Multi-Point Refueling System (MPRS) to give the tankers a probe-and-drogue capability to refuel U.S. Navy and NATO aircraft. (3)
2007: Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Two C-17 Globemaster III crews completed one of the largest single airdrops in Afghanistan since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom. The 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, dropped more than 85,000 pounds in 62 bundles over the Paktika province in southeastern Afghanistan to provide personnel on the ground supplies to operate with through the winter. Two C-17s replaced four C-130 Hercules aircraft on the mission. (AFNEWS, "C-17 Crews Make Record Airdrop," 16 Oct 2007.)
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Thanks to Billy and Dr. Rich
US Bases in the world, you might be in for a surprise..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qt0hdCQtg&feature=emb_logo
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Thanks to Micro
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Regarding this portion of your last List: On the subject of Aircraft designs copied by Russia and china
I may have mentioned these instances before; if so, stop me.
Two stories come to mind. One is the intake ducts on the MiG-23 are copied from the F-4. They included the little holes, although they may not have known that the reason for them was to siphon off the boundary layer air so that all air entering the engine was turbulent, as it needs to be. But what they also copied is the little horizontal "airfoils" between that intake with the holes and the fuselage. They didn't know what they were for, but they kept them out of ignorance. Those little "supersonic airfoils" are really barricade cutters, useful only for carrier-based aircraft where barricades might be used. I'd love to see a MiG-23 take the barricade, but it's not likely.
The second story is about printed circuit boards in the late 60's/early 70's. I believe it was when the MiG-25 defected to Japan, but I'm not certain. At any rate, the U.S. had a chance to review internal components of a Soviet aircraft. One of the PCB's was an exact copy of one of ours (that I believe was used in a radar system). The copy was so exact that U.S. intel could tell when the plans were stolen and where they were stolen from. The reason is that the PCB had a hole near one edge of the board. The only ones we had that had that hole in that location were the prototype boards that were hand made. The purpose of the hole was to loop a wire through so they could hang them up while they were drying since they were hand-dipped in lacquer as a final step. When the board went into production, the boards were on an assembly line where lacquer was applied and then dried as it continued briefly through a heater or blower or something. The boards never needed to be hung up to dry, so they no longer had that hole. But the enemy didn't know the difference.
The beauty of these discoveries (and those noted in the List) is that more is revealed about the level of their understanding than our adversaries would like us to know. They really didn't understand what they had, but they respected our science and engineering so much that they were afraid to change anything, even when they saw no purpose to the design.
I've long said that innovation really doesn't happen under Communism. There is no incentive to take a chance by proposing a new idea or a new product. If everyone receives the same thing whether they are inventive or not, there's no reason to take a risk. Like Microsoft, all China and Russia do is copy or steal what others have invented.
Micro
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Wow.
11 year old from Australia.
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=EGJmapZ_6J0&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3WAAYDLWy1sOUQp4F_gTLvcObnYFQjgjbblW4At-t8VvnVWuUIlsa7Sv0
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