To All,
Good Friday Morning April 28 2023
I wish you all a great weekend.
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History
1814 British frigates HMS Phoebe and HMS Cherub capture the frigate USS Essex, commanded by Capt. David Porter, off Valparaiso, Chile after blockading the ship for six weeks.
1848 USS Supply, commanded by Lt. William F. Lynch, reaches the Bay of Acre, Israel, during an expedition to explore the Dead Sea and tracing the River Jordan to its source.
1944 Submarines USS Barb (SS 220) and USS Silversides (SS 236) sink Japanese cargo freighter Fukusei Maru off Rasa Island and Japanese cargo ship Kairyu Maru off Manokwari, New Guinea, respectively.
1944 USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86) is commissioned. She later supports the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns during World War II and serves during the Korean War.
1953 USS Philippine Sea (CV 47), USS Princeton (CV 37), and USS Oriskany (CV 34) launch 216 sorties against a North Korean supply depot during the Korean War.
1991 The first U.S. Navy carrier battle groups return to CONUS following action during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) battle group returns to Norfolk, Va., and the USS Saratoga (CV 60) battle group returns to Mayport, Fla.
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This Day in Word History March 28
1774 Britain passes the Coercive Act against rebellious Massachusetts.
1854 Britain and France declare war on Russia.
1864 A group of Copperheads attack Federal soldiers in Charleston, Illinois. Five are killed and twenty wounded.
1885 The Salvation Army is officially organized in the United States.
1908 Automobile owners lobby Congress in support of a bill that calls for vehicle licensing and federal registration.
1910 The first seaplane takes off from water at Martiniques, France.
1917 The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is founded, Great Britain's first official service women.
1921 President Warren Harding names William Howard Taft as chief justice of the United States.
1930 Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara respectively.
1933 Nazis order a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.
1939 The Spanish Civil War ends as Madrid falls to Francisco Franco.
1941 English novelist Virginia Woolf throws herself into the River Ouse near her home in Sussex. Her body will not be found until April 18.
1941 The Italian fleet is routed by the British at the Battle of Battle of Cape Matapan
1942 A British ship, the HMS Campbeltown, a Lend-Lease American destroyer, which was specifically rammed into a German occupied dry-dock in France, explodes, knocking the area out of action for the German battleship Tirpitz.
1945 Germany launches the last of its V-2 rockets against England.
1946 Juan Peron is elected President of Argentina. He will hold the office for six years.
1962 The U.S. Air Force announces research into the use of lasers to intercept missiles and satellites.
1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower dies at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C.
1979 A major accident occurs at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
1986 The U.S. Senate passes $100 million aid package for the Nicaraguan contras.
1990 Jesse Owens receives the Congressional Gold Medal from President George Bush.
1999 An American Stealth F117 Nighthawk is shot down over northern Yugoslavia during NATO air strikes.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 28 April 1968… The story of a battlefield awards ceremony… oohrah…
This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip
Vietnam Air Losses
Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
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photos. https://i.imgur.com/YjJiUJ2.jpg and https://i.imgur.com/SP4Xtz9.jpg if that will help.
Thanks to Batch
I am attempting to attach the pictures. If that does not work I will figure a way to send them later
It is always a thrill to read WWII Naval History and know my father was involved. In this case todays entry "1944 USS Frost (DE 144), USS Huse (DE 145), USS Barber (DE 161) and USS Snowden (DE 246) sink the German submarine U 488 northwest of the Canary Islands" hits home. My father was CO of the USS Huse (DE 145) during this action.
As usual, there's a lot more to the event than played out in Naval News. DE's Frost and Huse were part of the Edsall-class Destroyer Escorts designed specifically for the ASW mission built and launched out of Orange, TX. They were among the first class of Destroyers equipped with ASDIC The British version of SONAR.
There were no TAC MANUALS for ASDIC so crews had to develop their own tactics. It worked best as 5 to 8 its but that made the ship a sitting duck for sub launched torpedoes. The tactic they developed involve the "listening" ASDIC ship cruising at 6 its and the "Pinging" ASDIC ships running at 16 to 18 its pining away. With no hull noise, the list3ening ASDIC ship could get a good fix on the sub and call out its location for Hedgehog and Depth Charge attacks
Ultimately, ASDIC was so classified there were no reports of its use in the sinking of German Subs in the Atlantic. In 1089, mooy father went to the library the Washington Navy Yard and copied logs from all the Des and DDs in the USS Croatan CVE 25 Hunter Killer Group. They provided proof that the USS Huse was directly involved with the sinking of five German U-boats. He presented this information to CINCLANT and they responded with the award below.
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From the archives
Awesome! …brings back many fond memories of chasing clouds French Navy Rafale Formation Flight ....
thanks to Doctor Rich
Thanks to Jim via George M. ….
Hi George -
If you haven't seen it already, here's a wonderful 10-minute video of French fighter pilots in formation; music is good too. Watch it on "full screen".
Some of the most beautiful sights I've seen have been while flying. Hard to believe we did some of the same maneuvers as student pilots in Air Force T-38s back in the day.
Enjoy! Stay safe and healthy.
Cheers! Jim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEp-ejKyXVw
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Thanks to Carl
(2:30 video of beautiful waterfalls in Iceland!)
Stunning Iceland By Drone
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/02/stunning-iceland/
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Thanks to Interesting Facts
6 Secrets of Famous American Landmarks
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You might be fooled into thinking you know everything about these iconic U.S. landmarks, but despite their international fame, there's more to these hotspots than meets the eye. There are hundreds of hidden features inside our nation's most renowned sites that only the most dedicated visitors will ever find. Here are a few of the most interesting and mysterious.
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The Empire State Building Has a Secret 103rd Floor
Although the Empire State Building is advertised as having 102 floors, that's not quite the case. There's actually another floor that was originally constructed for building maintenance. It now acts as an ultra-exclusive hotspot for the rich and famous.
Unlike floor 102, which features a wrap-around balcony and glass windows, floor 103 is ultra-thin with only a knee-high railing separating observers from the sky surrounding them. Inside the building, there's a small room used for housing electrical equipment, but most celebrities just stay on the balcony and enjoy the adrenaline-inducing photo op.
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There's a Time Capsule at the Top of the St. Louis Arch
Most visitors to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis don't realize that the monument also provides a look back in time. In October 1965, a time capsule was added to the top of the Arch. The contents aren't exactly major historical relics, but they're surprisingly sweet — the capsule contains the signatures of more than 700,000 citizens of St. Louis, many of them schoolchildren. The capsule is permanently welded to the Arch, so it will remain intact as long as the Arch stands.
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Grand Central Terminal Has a Tennis Club
Roughly one million people pass through Grand Central Terminal every day, but almost nobody knows about the tennis club that exists above their heads. Founded in the 1960s by a wealthy Hungarian immigrant, the tennis club consisted of two simple clay courts and existed for the public to enjoy while waiting for their ride.
In 1984, however, Donald Trump purchased the space and redeveloped it into a luxurious locale for celebrities — charging upwards of $130 per hour to rent it out. The courts stayed under his control until 2009 when they were renovated and reopened to the public. Although it's open (it's now called Vanderbilt Tennis), you'll still need some luck in order to find it since many employees don't even know it exists.
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A Cave Lies Beneath the Lincoln Memorial
Most people who visit the Lincoln Memorial spend all of their investigative energy trying to find the famous typo carved into the walls. However, underneath the memorial, there's an even better-hidden gem — a full cave complete with stalactites. Construction workers stumbled upon the cave in the 1970s when digging out an elevator shaft for disabled visitors.
Apart from the gorgeous nine-foot stalactite rock formations, the most fascinating part of the cave is the graffiti that adorns the 122 supporting columns. Visitors who embark on a cave tour can view these original World War I-era scribbles made by an unidentified construction worker. They include caricatures of everyone from Woodrow Wilson to the monument's construction foreman.
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There Are Wine Cellars in the Base of the Brooklyn Bridge
Engineer Washington Roebling had some serious business smarts when he created the Brooklyn Bridge. When he first started construction, he faced two major problems: There wasn't enough money in the city to pay for the full project and two local wineries refused to move their facilities out of the path of construction.
In a stroke of genius, Roebling solved both problems by incorporating two full wine cellars into the base of the bridge on each side. To help finance the bridge, he rented the cold, dark cellars out to local businesses who needed some extra storage and generated profit for the city until the Prohibition Era. Today, the city of New York has taken ownership of the cellars, stripping the caverns of their functionality and leaving them as a dry, empty reminder.
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Disneyland Has a Secret Members-Only Club
Club 33 is an inconspicuous little room at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, but the people who enter are anything but low-profile. This exclusive clubhouse boasts an invite-only guest list where members must pay anywhere from $25,000 to $100,000 to get initiated and $12,500 to $30,000 in annual membership dues after that. Even if you do have hundreds of thousands of dollars to fork over for this exclusive experience, the waitlist is six years long and spots rarely open up for new members.
On top of that, the activities of the members are held in top-secret status within the park's administration, which means you never quite know what you're getting into when you sign up. There's only one thing we do know for sure about Club 33 — it's the only place in the park to serve alcohol, which means it just might be worth the investment.
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Thanks to Mugs
Mugs
Now I CARE!
From an old friend who says enough is enough
I believe more and more people are starting to feel like this.
I NEVER CARED.
I never cared if you were "gay" or whatever acronym you chose to call yourself, until you started wanting special privileges.
I never cared what color your skin was, until you started blaming me for your problems.
I never cared about your political affiliation, until you started to condemn me for mine.
I never cared where you were from in this great Republic, until you began condemning people based on where they were born and the history that makes them who they are.
I have never cared if you were well off or poor, because I've been both, until you started calling me names for working hard to make a better life for myself.
I've never cared if your beliefs are different than mine, until you said my beliefs are wrong.
I've never cared if you didn't like guns, until you tried to take my guns away.
Now, I care!
I've given all the tolerance I have to give. This is no longer my problem, it's your problem. You can still fix it, it's not too late, but it needs to be soon.
I'm a very patient person. But I'm running out of patience. There are literally Tens of Millions of people just like me that are sick of all the Anti-American crap!
I've always cared about life, and all lives, but now you try to force the notion on me and other fellow citizens and patriots that certain lives matter more than others. You protest, riot, attack, burn, and loot. Your so-called "movement" has become a radical out-of-control bunch of thugs, criminals, and anarchists who are intent on destroying our Country.
The masses have had enough! America is the greatest country on Earth, and if you don't like America then we invite you to leave. We are done caring about your misguided "feelings."
You don't have the right to enjoy American freedoms if you are trying to take that right away from me or other Americans.
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Thanks to Brett
Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
Daily Memo: Update on Sudan
The involvement of foreign actors is complicating the conflict.
By: GPF Staff
Escalation. The fighting in Sudan continues despite a temporary U.S.-brokered cease-fire. The pause in hostilities has allowed many countries to evacuate their citizens and close diplomatic missions, indicating that they believe this could turn into a protracted conflict. There are also reports that the Russian private military company Wagner Group has been supplying weapons – including portable air defense systems, shoulder-fired rockets, anti-tank missiles and heavy armor – to the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces. Wagner is looking to protect its mining interests located on RSF territory and had previously provided combat training to the group. Involvement of other countries that support opposing sides in the conflict – specifically, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia – will also complicate any attempts to stave off an escalation.
Tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of aggravating tensions by placing a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor, which connects Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave of Azerbaijan. He also asserted that an international presence in Nagorno-Karabakh was needed to maintain peace there. Meanwhile, the secretary of Armenia's Security Council said in an interview that the Lachin corridor, where Russian peacekeepers are stationed, "belongs to Russia" and that Moscow is responsible for whatever happens there. Relatedly, Russia has replaced the commander of its peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh with the deputy commander-in-chief of the Russian military's land forces.
China and Central Asia. China's top diplomat held talks with his counterparts from the Central Asian countries during a foreign ministers' summit in Xian on Wednesday. The parties signed several agreements on new investment projects and pledged to strengthen cooperation on trade, green agriculture, energy and mineral resources.
Iran and Kazakhstan. Iran's president met with Kazakhstan's prime minister to discuss investment, banking, agriculture and transport infrastructure. The two countries signed initial cooperation agreements related to a free trade zone and held talks on oil swaps and exploration, mining and linking their national energy grids.
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Colonoscopy Adventure ...Thanks to Dr.Rich and Ken
This has to be the funniest Foxworthy routine I have seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aBHTn5KDBc
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This Day in U S Military History… March 28.
1814 – HMS Phoebe and Cherub capture USS Essex off Valparaiso, Chile. Before capture, Essex had captured 24 British prizes during the War of 1812. Two-thirds of Essex's crew is killed but 13-year old Midshipman David Farragut survives.
1942 – A British ship, the HMS Capbeltown, a Lend-Lease American destroyer, which was specifically rammed into a German occupied dry-dock in France, exploded, knocking the area out of action for the German battleship Tirpitz.
1945 – US naval forces, including TF58 and TF52, continue air strikes on Okinawa while TF54 continues bombarding the island. Japanese Kamikaze and submarine attacks continue.
1953 – U.S. Air Force Colonel James K. Johnson, 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, became the 29th ace of the Korean War.
1969 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and one of the most highly regarded American generals of World War II, dies in Washington, D.C., at the age of 78. Born in Denison, Texas, in 1890, Eisenhower graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1915, and after World War I he steadily rose in the peacetime ranks of the U.S. Army. After the U.S. entrance into World War II, he was appointed commanding general of the European theater of operations and oversaw U.S. troops massing in Great Britain. In 1942, Eisenhower, who had never commanded troops in the field, was put in charge of Operation Torch, the Anglo-American landings in Morocco and Algeria. As supreme commander of a mixed force of Allied nationalities, services, and equipment, Eisenhower designed a system of unified command and rapidly won the respect of his British and Canadian subordinates. From North Africa, he successfully directed the invasions of Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy, and in January 1944 was appointed supreme Allied commander of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of northwestern Europe. Although Eisenhower left much of the specific planning for the actual Allied landing in the hands of his capable staff, such as British Field Marshall Montgomery, he served as a brilliant organizer and administrator both before and after the successful invasion. After the war, he briefly served as president of Columbia University before returning to military service in 1951 as supreme commander of the combined land and air forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Pressure on Eisenhower to run for U.S. president was great, however, and in the spring of 1952 he relinquished his NATO command to run for president on the Republican ticket. In November 1952, "Ike" won a resounding victory in the presidential elections and in 1956 was reelected in a landslide. A popular president, he oversaw a period of great economic growth in the United States and deftly navigated the country through increasing Cold War tension on the world stage. In 1961, he retired with his wife, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, to his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He died in 1969 and was buried on a family plot in Abilene, Kansas.
1993 – The last A-6E Intruder departed from Marine Corps service. Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 332 transferred the last Marine A-6E to St. Augustine, Florida, and prepared for the squadron's transition to the F/A-18D and eventual movement from Cherry Point to Beaufort, South Carolina.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
WILSON, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Colorado Valley, Tex., 28 March 1872. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 27 April 1872. Second award. Citation: In pursuit of a band of cattle thieves from New Mexico.
*HEDRICK, CLINTON M.
Rank and organization: Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company I, 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division. Place and date: Near Lembeck, Germany, 27-28 March 1945. Entered service at: Riverton, W. Va. Birth: Cherrygrove, W. Va. G.O. No.: 89, 19 October 1945. Citation: He displayed extraordinary heroism and gallantry in action on 2728 March 1945, in Germany. Following an airborne landing near Wesel, his unit was assigned as the assault platoon for the assault on Lembeck. Three times the landing elements were pinned down by intense automatic weapons fire from strongly defended positions. Each time, T/Sgt. Hedrick fearlessly charged through heavy fire, shooting his automatic rifle from his hip. His courageous action so inspired his men that they reduced the enemy positions in rapid succession. When 6 of the enemy attempted a surprise, flanking movement, he quickly turned and killed the entire party with a burst of fire. Later, the enemy withdrew across a moat into Lembeck Castle. T/Sgt. Hedrick, with utter disregard for his own safety, plunged across the drawbridge alone in pursuit. When a German soldier, with hands upraised, declared the garrison wished to surrender, he entered the castle yard with 4 of his men to accept the capitulation. The group moved through a sally port, and was met by fire from a German self-propelled gun. Although mortally wounded, T/Sgt. Hedrick fired at the enemy gun and covered the withdrawal of his comrades. He died while being evacuated after the castle was taken. His great personal courage and heroic leadership contributed in large measure to the speedy capture of Lembeck and provided an inspiring example to his comrades.
*MATTHEWS, DANIEL P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Vegas Hill, Korea, 28 March 1953. Entered service at. Van Nuys, Calif. Born: 31 December 1931, Van Nuys, Calif. Award presented: 29 March 19S4. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a squad leader of Company F, in action against enemy aggressor forces. Participating in a counterattack against a firmly entrenched and well-concealed hostile force which had repelled 6 previous assaults on a vital enemy-held outpost far forward of the main line of resistance Sgt. Matthews fearlessly advanced in the attack until his squad was pinned down by a murderous sweep of fire from an enemy machine gun located on the peak of the outpost. Observing that the deadly fire prevented a corpsman from removing a wounded man lying in an open area fully exposed to the brunt of the devastating gunfire, he worked his way to the base of the hostile machine gun emplacement, leaped onto the rock fortification surrounding the gun and, taking the enemy by complete surprise, single-handedly charged the hostile emplacement with his rifle. Although severely wounded when the enemy brought a withering hail of fire to bear upon him, he gallantly continued his valiant l-man assault and, firing his rifle with deadly effectiveness, succeeded in killing 2 of the enemy, routing a third, and completely silencing the enemy weapon, thereby enabling his comrades to evacuate the stricken marine to a safe position. Succumbing to his wounds before aid could reach him, Sgt. Matthews, by his indomitable fighting spirit, courageous initiative, and resolute determination in the face of almost certain death, served to inspire all who observed him and was directly instrumental in saving the life of his wounded comrade. His great personal valor reflects the highest credit upon himself and enhances the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
INGRAM, ROBERT R.
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Corpsman with Company C, First Battalion, Seventh Marines against elements of a North Vietnam Aggressor (NVA) battalion in Quang Ngai Province Republic of Vietnam on 28 March 1966. Petty Officer Ingram accompanied the point platoon as it aggressively dispatched an outpost of an NVA battalion. The momentum of the attack rolled off a ridge line down a tree covered slope to a small paddy and a village beyond. Suddenly, the village tree line exploded with an intense hail of automatic rifle fire from approximately 100 North Vietnamese regulars. In mere moments, the platoon ranks were decimated. Oblivious to the danger, Petty Officer Ingram crawled across the bullet spattered terrain to reach a downed Marine. As he administered aid, a bullet went through the palm of his hand. Calls for "CORPSMAN" echoed across the ridge. Bleeding, he edged across the fire swept landscape, collecting ammunition from the dead and administering aid to the wounded. Receiving two more wounds before realizing the third wound was life-threatening, he looked for a way off the face of the ridge, but again he heard the call for corpsman and again, he resolutely answered. Though severely wounded three times, he rendered aid to those incapable until he finally reached the right flank of the platoon. While dressing the head wound of another corpsman, he sustained his fourth bullet wound. From sixteen hundred hours until just prior to sunset, Petty Officer Ingram pushed, pulled, cajoled, and doctored his Marines. Enduring the pain from his many wounds and disregarding the probability of his demise, Petty Officer Ingram's intrepid actions saved many lives that day. By his indomitable fighting spirit, daring initiative, and unfaltering dedications to duty, Petty Officer Ingram reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for March 28, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
28 March
1913: Lts Thomas DeWitt Milling and William C. Sherman flew a Burgess H to a two-man duration and distance record of 4 hours 22 minutes for 220 miles from Texas City to San Antonio. (5)
1935: Dr. Robert Goddard launched the first rocket with gyroscopic controls to a height of 4,800 feet and a distance of 13,000 feet. It reached 550 MPH. (5) 1941: The Army asked for black volunteers to man a pursuit squadron. The 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first black fighter unit, activated earlier on 22 March at Tuskegee, Ala. (4)
1944: Operation STRANGLE. Fifteenth Air Force flew its first 1,000-ton air raid against communications targets in Italy to cut supply support to German troops in central Italy. Through 11 May, the Mediterranean Allied Air Force had supplied 50,000 sorties to drop 26,000 tons of bombs on enemy lines of communication in Italy. (24)
1946: Northrop Aircraft received development contracts for the Snark surface-to-surface, subsonic, intercontinental nuclear cruise missile and the Boojum medium- to long-range (1,500-to 5,000- mile) surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile. (6) (12)
1948: Operation DRIP. Boeing and Air Materiel Command studied the British hose method for refueling B-29s. In a test, two modified B-29s transferred 400 gallons of water from one bomber to another. The test helped the USAF to decide to modify 80 B-29s for inflight refueling, 40 as tankers, and 40 as receivers. (18)
1950: TAC completed its evaluation of the B-61A (later TM-61A) Matador missile. This allowed the system to begin full-scale development through November 1952, when it started flight tests. (5)
1952: First F-86F Sabre delivered to TAC for the 21st and 50th Fighter-Bomber Wings. (5)
1961: President John F. Kennedy asked Congress to: (1) put 50 percent of SAC's bombers on ground alert, (2) speed up the B-47 phaseout, (3) produce the Skybolt to replace the Hound Dog missile, (4) defer three Mobile Minuteman squadrons for three squadrons in silos, (5) phase out the Snark program, (6) reduce the Titan force by two squadrons, and (7) reduce the B-70A Valkyrie program to a R&D effort. Congress approved these measures. (6)
1962: The US Army formed its first helicopter-borne cavalry troop at Fort Knox, Ky., to perform scouting and reconnaissance. (24)
1963: North American Aviation ended production of the Hound Dog missile. (6)
1964: Operation HELPING HAND. Responding to a massive earthquake near Anchorage, Alaska, the USAF used C-124s, C-123s, C-130s, and C-97s to deliver 1,850 tons of relief supplies and equipment. Two B-58s from the 43 BMW at Carswell AFB conducted low-level photography over Alaska's earthquake area. The B-58 round-trip flight covered 5,571 miles. (1) (21)
1966: The USAF Special Weapons Center achieved the first completely successful mid-air recovery of an Air-launched, Air-Recoverable Rocket. In the test, an USAF F-4C launched an ALARR at 44,000 feet and recovered it with a JC-130B at 5,000 feet over White Sands Missile Range. (16) (26)
1973: The last PACAF aircraft left South Vietnam. The first PACAF aircraft deployed to South Vietnam on 20 October 1961. (16) (26)
1979: The first two F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft in USAFE arrived at Spangdahlem AB. (16)
1986: The USAF terminated the T-46A program. (12) 1999: The National Guard Bureau asked Nebraska's 155th Air Refueling Wing to help in Operation Allied Force. Less than 60 hours later, the wing had personnel and three KC-135 tankers at Rhine Main AB, Germany. (32)
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