To All
Good Wednesday Morning June 28, 2023.
A bit of history and some tidbits.
Regards,
Skip
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We lost Jim "Jungle ", a couple of days ago from aggressive cancer.
He was with the Blue Angles and did two tours not back to back. A great guy and a wonderful Stick;
Thanks to Eagle and Rattler who remember Jungle
Jungle overstressed every airplane he flew. When I joined the team, the Reps were worried about the winglife on his airplane. So, Jungle says. "Give it to the Boss, he doesn't pull many Gs".
Lousy offer Eagle.
Rattler
Great story --- as always with Shadow.
When Denny, aka "Rattler", was CO of the Blues, I was CO TOPGUN. I used to kid him with standing offer and say when they were in training, "everything I own against everything you own in R-2510". He never took us up on that one.
Jungle Jim Ross had been a JO in VF-51 when I was XO on USS FDR. Our skipper, the late Sam Hallmark (RIO), did not want to fly with anyone but Jungle. When he moved on to the Blues we were not surprised when he was one of the solos. He was famous in VF-51 for frequently overstressing F-4 when maneuvering. As I recall in 1980 the Blues did Miramar show and stayed West for the El Toro show the following week. Invited Rattler and Jungle to come and fly one of our A-4 on an ACM flight out is W-291 to "polish" their warfighting skills. Almost predictable, Jungle went out and overstressed our A-4. SIGH.
As we were winding down in F-4s for transition to F-14, Harry was in back seat of 126 TA-4 and got some amazing shots of our 6 plane F-4 diamond around NKX, Sandy Eggo and El Centro.
EAGLE
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On This Day in Naval and Marine Corps History
June 28
1814
The sloop of war USS Wasp commanded by Johnston Blakeley, comes across HMS Reindeer, commanded by William Manners, off Plymouth, England, and engages in battle. After the 19-minute battle, USS Wasp captures HMS Reindeer, taking her crew as prisoners, and burn her at sea.
1869
The Navy's first surgeon-general William M. Wood is appointed, and serves until Oct. 25, 1871.
1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated at Sarajevo, Bosnia. This act eventually leads to World War I.
1919
The Versailles Peace Treaty is signed, which ends World War I.
1943
USS Peto (SS 265) and USS Tunny (SS 282) sink Japanese hydrographic-meteorological research ship Tenkai No.2 northeast of Mussau Island and a gunboat Shotoku Maru off the west coast of Rota, Mariana Islands.
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Today in World History June 28
1635 The French colony of Guadeloupe is established in the Caribbean.
1675 Frederick William of Brandenburg crushes the Swedes.
1709 Russians defeat the Swedes and Cossacks at the Battle of Poltava.
1776 Colonists repulse a British sea attack on Charleston, South Carolina.
1778 Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carries water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth.
1839 Cinque and other Africans are kidnapped and sold into slavery in Cuba.
1862 Fighting continues between Union and Confederate forces during the Seven Days' campaign.
1863 General George Meade replaces General Joseph Hooker three days before the Battle of Gettysburg.
1874 The Freedmen's Bank, created to assist former slaves in the United States, closes. Customers of the bank lose $3 million.
1884 Congress declares Labor Day a legal holiday.
1902 Congress passes the Spooner bill, authorizing a canal to be built across the Isthmus of Panama.
1911 Samuel J. Battle becomes the first African-American policeman in New York City.
1914 Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated at Sarajevo, Serbia.
1919 Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles under protest.
1921 A coal strike in Britain is settled after three months.
1930 More than 1,000 communists are routed during an assault on the British consulate in London.
1938 Congress creates the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure construction loans.
1942 German troops launch an offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad.
1945 General Douglas MacArthur announces the end of Japanese resistance in the Philippines.
1949 The last U.S. combat troops are called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.
1950 General Douglas MacArthur arrives in South Korea as Seoul falls to the North.
1954 French troops begin to pull out of Vietnam's Tonkin province.
1964 Malcolm X founds the Organization for Afro-American Unity to seek independence for blacks in the Western Hemisphere.
1967 14 people are shot during race riots in Buffalo, New York.
1970 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] stands before the Supreme Court regarding his refusal of induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
1971 The Supreme Court overturns the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.
1972 Richard Nixon announces that no new draftees will be sent to Vietnam.
1976 The first women enter the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 28 June 1968…
Remembering VADM Bill Lawrence, USN…
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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Thanks to Interesting Facts
"Dinosaur" comes from Greek words that mean "terrible lizard."
The first dinosaur fossil was discovered in 1677 — not that the man who came upon it realized the magnitude of his find. The English naturalist Robert Plot thought that his discovery had belonged to a giant human, and it wasn't until 1824 that the geologist William Buckland identified the bone for what it was. It took another 18 years for Sir Richard Owen, the most famed paleontologist of his era, to coin the term dinosauria — deinos meaning "terrible" or "fearfully great" in Greek, and sauros meaning "lizard." True lizards and dinosaurs diverged from one another 270 million years ago, but the name stuck nevertheless.
Suffice to say that the schoolteacher who called a young Owen "impudent" would have been surprised by his lasting scientific contributions, which also include describing many new species and founding London's Natural History Museum. Owen later went on to feud with none other than Charles Darwin over their respective views on evolution. Owen developed his own influential theory of how animals developed, and disagreed with how Darwin interpreted it in On the Origin of Species — as well as with Darwin's entire concept of natural selection. As a result, Owen's scientific reputation has suffered, but we can still thank him for every 7-year-old's favorite word.
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Thanks to Boysie ... and Dr. Rich
Lexophila
Lexophilia: Although not in the dictionary, it is reported that "Lexophile" describes a person who loves sentences such as,
"You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish," and,
"To write with a broken pencil is pointless."
An annual competition is held by the 'New York Times' to see who can create the best original lexophile.
This year's submissions:
◾I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.
◾England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
◾Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.
◾This girl today said she recognized me from the Vegetarians Club, but I'd swear I've never met herbivore.
◾I know a guy who's addicted to drinking brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.
◾A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
◾When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
◾I got some batteries that were given out free of charge.
◾A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought tooth and nail.
◾A will is a dead giveaway.
◾With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
◾Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
◾A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.
◾The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.
◾He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.
◾When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she'd dye.
◾Acupuncture is a jab well done. That's the point of it.
◾I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.
◾Did you hear about the crossed-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?
◾When chemists die, they barium.
◾I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.
◾I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
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Thanks to Bruddah .... AND Dr. Rich
This is awesome!!
WWII Veteran In Court ...
This is a delightful, heartwarming dialogue between a (great!) WW II veteran and a (great!) courtroom judge. A short video that is especially memorable.
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I have seen the pictures taken by Harry and been a friend of Jerry Tucker for many years…skip
Thanks to Shadow ... and Dr.Rich
https://youtube.com/shorts/NtnKq3RUZyc?feature=share
Gents,
Got this YouTube (see above) interview with Jerry Tucker this A.M. from a Bubba down in Brazil of all places. After I watched It, I thought I'd fill you in on the rest of the story (think I actually sent something out on it years ago through Dutch)… never the less, Tucker's interview lends more credence to the story.
Harry Gann was a dear friend and inspiration in my life. We first met through a series of coincidences when I was TAD to the OSO Office in San Diego. I was tasked with setting up a recruiting booth at the Del Mar, Southern California Expo and Fair in San Diego; trying to sign up some future Marine Aviators. The OSO Office had very little in the way of handouts and recruiting paraphernalia for give aways. They dumped the whole thing in my lap and left me to my own devices. I knew we needed something to grab folks attention… so I contacted Red Coath at Flight Test, North Island. I'd been introduced to Red by Mike "Lancer" Sullivan. I figured Red knew his way around NavAir well enough to tell me how to go about getting some goodies for display and hand outs for the Expo. Red suggested I call Buddy Gilman at McDonell-Douglas, up at Long Beach and gave me his number. Buddy was very congenial and invited me to come up to Long Beach and they'd see what they could do to help. I rented a plane and flew up there with two of the OSO Staff. Buddy was most helpful and gave us all kinds of calendars, handouts and info on MacD aircraft, including two giant models of an F-4J and A-4M… plus some desk models. And then he introduced me to Harry Gann. It was the beginning of a life long friendship.
As we got to know each other better, I became aware that Harry, on occasion had flown with some squadrons (Reserves)… but it was a convoluted process to get permission, on a case by case basis. One day I set out to find a way to get Harry "Blanket" approval to fly on a local basis, instead of having to go to NavAir on every request. I was young, dumb and too stupid to accept… "It can't be done, don't even try". So I got into the minutia of the Regs and found a way and with Buddy Gilman's help... within six months we got the Blanket permission and approval... after Harry went through water survival, pressure chamber, physical, etc. Once that was done… It was "Game On"… for Harry and before it was over he flew with just about every Navy and Marine squadron on the West Coast, plus some on the East Coast… and especially "The Blue Angels"!
When the Blues switched from the F-4 to the A-4… Harry got even more involved and through him and Buddy Gilman… they became a back channel support team in getting things done for the Blues, "off the Books". MacD ate a lot of the mods on the Blue's aircraft at no charge. "Good comes to Good". Harry used to go down to El Centro and fly with the Blues and I got to fly him on MAG-11 flights. We worked well as a team and I enjoyed showing Harry "different looks" of airplanes in flight that the layman would be unfamiliar with. We made a good team. There came a time when Harry came back from one of the Winter Practice sessions and was excited that the Blues were going to introduce a dirty roll on takeoff by one of the solo pilots (That'd be Tucker)… Harry said it was really neat! As luck would have it… one of the early shows that year on the West Coast was at El Toro. Harry was telling me, "Wait until you see that dirty roll on takeoff". After we hung up… I got to thinking (and that's what often got me in trouble). I'd seen a a photo by some British photographer of a head on shot of an inverted jet that looked really neat and told Harry about it. I was thinking a picture of the A-4 inverted, dirty and in the background you could tell the aircraft was very low… would make a good shot. Then I got the bright idea that if I could get Harry out on the departure end of the runway, he's have a chance to get the photo. I also knew his best chance would be during the practice show because there wouldn't be a hundred thousand people milling around. Now I'd already taken Harry out by the runway in Yuma to get some neat photos… but El Toro was a different kettle of fish… lots more heavies present and they weren't nearly as flexible. So I went down to base Ops the day before and explained what we wanted to do… my good luck was the CDO for the practice show was a friend and agreed to let Harry go out there, but no body else. I know Tucker said the Blues PAO photog was out there too… but that's not the way I remember it. As they set up for the show; myself, Harry and the CDO drove out in a Follow Me truck and we dropped Harry off at where we thought would be a good spot. He warned Harry not to set foot on the runway, but he could stand on the tarmac edge, which was asphalt. We drove back to Base Ops and he suggested that he and I go up on the roof to watch the show. When we got up there we found out there were about 15 others who had the same idea.
Then the show began… we could see the solo getting ready to take off and I moved close to the edge of the roof to watch and here he comes… he held it down to gain some extra speed and the nose pitched up and then he starts a slow smooth roll… and as he came over the top I saw the nose start down and my heart went up in my throat! Holy Shit! He's not gonna make it! And then I looked at Harry and realized he was totally focused on taking the pictures and oblivious that the airplane was too nose low to fully recover. My next thought was… this is gonna be ugly and Stafford... you be in a heap of trouble boy. And then I was totally focused on Harry as the A-4 seemed to have him bore sighted! My head is saying… "Get outta there Harry"! And my heart was pounding. Finally the plane seemed to roll a bit faster and I saw the nose started a pitch up!
At the last second… two things happened…. Harry finally realized he was in peril and literally dove off the tarmac, into the dirt as the A-4 hit the runway on his main gear and leaped back into the air! Geezus it was close! Around me a bunch of pilots were screaming… "Shit Hot!… A dirty roll to a touch and go! Can you believe that shit… Cool, Shit Hot"! And I'm thinking… "Thank you God"!
Now over the years and decades, I've probably told the story a hundred times… but honestly, I didn't know who the pilot was until I got this YouTube this morning… but now I wonder… "Who came closest to pooping in their pants… Me, Harry or Tucker"? Guess we'll never know.
Shadow
From Skip..I know it was not Jerry..His heart rate probably did not even go up
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From Dr. Rich
Thanks to Frank …
I hope this comers through I had trouble with the screen shot
[ Probably a 19 y.o. high school graduate — "where do we get such MEN ?" ]
Click HERE, or on the screenshot above, for the video … amazing!!
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Thanks to Johnny
Great U-Tube on the F-8 Crusader
History channel doc on F-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jQ2d_-ucY
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From Pickett's Charge to Roosevelt's Rough Riders by W. Thomas Smith Jr.
06/29/2010
This Week in American Military History
June 28, 1776: In what has been described as the "first decisive victory of American forces over the British Navy" during the American Revolution, the garrison at Fort Sullivan, S.C. (today Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island in Charleston harbor) under the command of militia Col. William Moultrie repulse Royal Navy forces under the command of Admiral Sir Peter Parker.
The 12-plus hour battle begins around 9 a.m. when Parker's ships open fire on the fort: many of the British shells sinking harmlessly into the soft palmetto logs of which the fort is constructed. The ships, on the other hand, (some of which run aground on the harbor's shoals) are constructed of oak, which Moultrie's artillerists quickly shatter sending deadly splinters into the unfortunate British crews.
Moultrie is destined to become a Maj. Gen. in the Continental Army and a S.C. governor. And S.C. will forever be known as "the Palmetto State."
(AUTHOR NOTE: My five-times great grandfather, Capt. Thomas Woodward – commanding a company of S.C. Rangers on Moultrie's extreme left – helps thwart an attempt by Royal Marines to land on the island.) June 28, 1778: The Battle of Monmouth, N.J. is fought between Gen. George Washington's Continental Army (including the legendary Molly Pitcher) and British forces under Gen. Sir Henry Clinton. Though tactically inconclusive, the battle is a strategic victory for the Americans who prove they can go toe-to-toe with the British Army in a large pitched battle.
July 1, 1898: U.S. Army Lt. Col. (future U.S. pres.) Theodore Roosevelt leads several of his "Rough Riders" – a crack regiment of U.S. cavalry troopers during the Spanish American War – in the famous charge up San Juan Hill, Cuba.
For his actions, Roosevelt will receive the Medal of Honor. A portion of his citation reads: "Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, in total disregard for his personal safety, and accompanied by only four or five men, led a desperate and gallant charge up San Juan Hill, encouraging his troops to continue the assault through withering enemy fire over open countryside.
Facing the enemy's heavy fire, he displayed extraordinary bravery throughout the charge, and was the first to reach the enemy trenches, where he quickly killed one of the enemy with his pistol, allowing his men to continue the assault."
July 3, 1863: Day-three of the Battle of Gettysburg: Confederate Maj. Gen.
George Pickett leads his ill-fated division against Union Army forces under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock positioned on Cemetery Ridge.
Said to be "the highwater mark of the Confederacy," Pickett's charge will fail.
Gen. Robert E. Lee – commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia – had ordered the charge. Lee's subordinate (corps) commander, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, had argued against such a charge. But following Lee's orders, Longstreet directed Pickett to attack.
Years later, Pickett will be asked why his attack failed. His reply: "I've always thought the Yankees had something to do with it."
Nobel prize-winning author William Faulkner will write, "For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it's all in the balance, it hasn't happened yet, it hasn't even begun yet, it not only hasn't begun yet but there is still time for it not to begin against that position… ."
July 4, 1776: The American colonies – already at war with Great Britain – declare their independence.
July 4, 1802: The U.S. Military Academy at West Point opens its doors.
July 4, 1863: The Confederate city of Vicksburg, Mississippi falls to Union Army forces under the command of Maj. Gen. (future U.S. pres.) Ulysses S. Grant. It will be decades before the city celebrates the 4th of July again.
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This Day in U S Military History…….June 28
1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, while riding in an Austro-Daimler that was chauffeured by Otto Merz, a Mercedes team driver. The assassination resulted in the outbreak of World War I. The archduke and his wife, Sophie, rode into Sarajevo in a motorcade consisting of four cars; the royals occupied the second. On the way to the City Hall as they crossed the Milijacka River at Cumuria Bridge, Serbian nationalist Nedjelko Cabrinovic threw a bomb at the Daimler carrying the archduke and his wife. Franz Ferdinand managed to deflect the bomb onto the street. About a dozen people, including Sophie, who was hit in the face with shrapnel, suffered injuries, but no one was killed. The assassin swallowed a cyanide pill and jumped off the bridge. Unfortunately, he coughed up the pill and landed in only a foot of water. He was taken into custody. The first two cars of the motorcade continued on their way to the Sarajevo City Hall. Upon his arrival at the welcome ceremony, Franz Ferdinand interrupted the mayor's speech, seizing him by the arm and crying, "One comes here to visit and is received with bombs. Mr. Mayor, what do you say?" He later calmed down and finished his own speech with a reaffirming pledge of his regard for the people of Sarajevo. After the speech, Franz Ferdinand ordered his chauffeur to carry him to the hospital to visit the victims of the bomb; Sophie accompanied him. Their driver took a wrong turn after crossing the Imperial Bridge and the car ended up on a street named after Franz Ferdinand's father, Franz Josef. Noticing his mistake, the driver applied the brakes and the car came to a halt a foot short of another Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip. Princip fired his pistol into the car, striking the archduke in the neck and his wife in the stomach. In shock and unaware that she had been wounded, Sophie cried to her husband, "For heaven's sake, what's happened to you?" Franz Ferdinand keeled over whispering "Es ist nichts, Es ist nichts…" A lengthy investigation into the conspiracy failed to prove any complicity in the plot on the part of the Serbian government. Nevertheless, the Austrians sent their army into Serbia and World War I was born.
1935 – FDR ordered a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
1944 – In the Cotentin Peninsula, American forces of US 1st Army prepare to eliminate German resistance in the direction of Cap de la Hague. The forces of British 2nd Army cross the Odon River on a 2 mile front near Mondrainville.
1945 – General MacArthur announces that the operations on Luzon are complete. It has been 5 months and 19 days since the American invasion began. An estimated 11,000 Japanese troops remain isolated in the Sierra Madre mountains and another 12,000 are trapped in the Kiangan-Bontoc (or Ifugao-Bontoc) area. The US 8th Army is assigned the task of mopping up on Luzon while the US 6th Army is reorganized for the invasion of Japan (Operation Olympic). Much of the mopping-up will be left to Filipino units. On Mindanao, mopping up operations continue.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
HATHAWAY, EDWARD W.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Entered service at: Plymouth, Mass. Born: 9 July 1838, Plymouth, Mass. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Sciota prior to the battle Vicksburg, on 28 June 1862. Struck by a bullet which severed his left arm above the elbow, Hathaway displayed exceptional courage as his ship sustained numerous damaging hits from stem to stern while proceeding down the river to fight the battle of Vicksburg.
ANDERSON, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1852, Sweden. Accredited to: New York. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Powhatan, 28 June 1878. Acting courageously, Anderson rescued from drowning W. H. Moffatt, first class boy.
*SANTIAGO-COLON, HECTOR
Rank and organization: Specialist Fourth Class, U.S. Army, Company B, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Place and date: Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, 28 June 1968. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 20 December 1942, Salinas, Puerto Rico. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sp4c. Santiago-Colon distinguished himself at the cost of his life while serving as a gunner in the mortar platoon of Company B. While serving as a perimeter sentry, Sp4c. Santiago-Colon heard distinct movement in the heavily wooded area to his front and flanks. Immediately he alerted his fellow sentries in the area to move to their foxholes and remain alert for any enemy probing forces. From the wooded area around his position heavy enemy automatic weapons and small-arms fire suddenly broke out, but extreme darkness rendered difficult the precise location and identification of the hostile force. Only the muzzle flashes from enemy weapons indicated their position. Sp4c. Santiago-Colon and the other members of his position immediately began to repel the attackers, utilizing hand grenades, antipersonnel mines and small-arms fire. Due to the heavy volume of enemy fire and exploding grenades around them, a North Vietnamese soldier was able to crawl, undetected, to their position. Suddenly, the enemy soldier lobbed a hand grenade into Sp4c. Santiago-Colon's foxhole. Realizing that there was no time to throw the grenade out of his position, Sp4c. Santiago-Colon retrieved the grenade, tucked it in to his stomach and, turning away from his comrades, absorbed the full impact of the blast. His heroic self-sacrifice saved the lives of those who occupied the foxhole with him, and provided them with the inspiration to continue fighting until they had forced the enemy to retreat from the perimeter. By his gallantry at the cost of his life and in the highest traditions of the military service, Sp4c. Santiago-Colon has reflected great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for June 28, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
28 June
1917: Langley Field authorized as an experimental air station. (24) 1924: Lt John A. Macready, flying a Curtiss bomber, set FAI records for altitude (16,732 feet) and duration (2 hours 13 minutes 49.6 seconds) with payloads of 2,204.6 and 3,306.9 pounds.
1927: MACKAY TROPHY/DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. Lts Lester J. Maitland and Albert F. Hegenberger flew a Fokker C-2, powered by three Wright 220 HP engines, the "Bird of Paradise," on the first nonstop flight from Oakland to Wheeler Field, Honolulu. They flew 2,407 miles in 25 hours 50 minutes by using the directional beacons of San Francisco and Maui. They received the Mackay Trophy for 1927 and a DFC. (9)
1934: The Army awarded a contract to Boeing Aircraft Company to design the B-17. (12)
1946: The first V-2 rocket, with instruments for upper air research, launched to an altitude of 67 miles from White Sands Proving Ground. (24)
1950: KOREAN WAR. FEAF launched its first successful airstrike as more than 20 B-26s from the 3 BG bombed the Munsan rail yards near the 38th parallel and the rail and road traffic between Seoul and North Korean border. One B-26, heavily damaged by enemy antiaircraft fire, crashed on its return to Ashiya AB, killing all aboard. (21) KOREAN WAR. Flying from Kadena AB, the 19 BG made the first B-29 medium bomber strikes of the Korean War by attacking a railroad bridge and tanks, trucks, and supply columns along North Korean invasion routes. Bad weather over Japan limited Fifth Air Force sorties, but 18 fighters flew close air support and interdiction missions. More than 30 F-80s from Itazuke escorted C-54s and B-26s flying between Japan and Suwon. 1Lt Bryce Poe II, in an RF-80A, flew the USAF's first jet combat reconnaissance mission, photographing the North Korean advance. C-54s and C-47s flew out the last of 851 U.S. citizens evacuated by air from South Korea. FEAF transports airlifted 150 tons of ammunition from Tachikawa AB to Suwon, about twenty miles south of Seoul. (28)
1954: The Douglas RB-66A made its first flight. The Air Force accepted this plane earlier in June, but it did not take possession of the plane pending the correction of obvious defects. None of the five RB-66As ever joined the combat air forces. (31)
1957: PROJECT FAR SIDE. The first phase of this project ended when the world's largest balloon lifted a load of military equipment and instruments weighing almost two tons above 104,000 feet. This flight was part of a series of tests to reach extreme altitudes using the "Rockoon" concept--hanging a 4-stage sounding rocket under a balloon and launching it from atitudes above 100,000 feet. The 4-stage vehicle included two Recruit and two Arrow II rockets. The vehicles reached 4,000 miles in the tests. (24) The 93 AREFS at Castle AFB received SAC's first KC-135A Stratotanker, "The City of Renton" (SN 55-3127). (1)
1964: The rebuilt X-15A-2 first flew.
1965: NASA confirmed the selection of Owen K. Garriott, Edward G. Gibson, Duane E. Graveline, Lt Cmdr Joseph P. Kerwin (USN) Frank Curtis Michel, and Harrison Schmitt as science astronauts for the Apollo program. Telephone calls between President Johnson and European leaders via the Early Bird I communications satellite began commercial satellite service between the US and Europe.
1974: Dr. Vannevar Bush, who guided US scientific effort during World War II and helped usher in the atomic age, died in Massachusetts at the age of 84.
1978: A B-1 launched the first live SRAM over the White Sands Missile Range. (12)
1994: McDonnell Douglas delivered the final nine F-15s to the Air Force. (27)
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