1997 Henry C. Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71
1991 James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61
1990 Curtis E LeMay, USAF General/VP candidate, dies at 83
1987 Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57
1987 Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91
1986 Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
1982 Charles Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71
1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
1974 Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83
1970 James M Taylor, USAF/astronaut, dies at 39
1969 USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings
1968 USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world
1967 Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32
1967 Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15), dies in X-15 crash at 37
1967 Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 38
1967 Edward G Givens Jr, Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47
1967 Edward M. Fincke, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Capt USAF/astronaut
1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36
1966 USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129
1965 USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15
1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam
1965 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
1964 James M. Kelly, Burlington Iowa, Capt USAF/astronaut
1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m
1962 USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800m
1962 Rex J Walheim, Redwood City California, Capt USAF/astronaut
1962 USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
1962 Robert A. Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m
1962 Gen Charles P. Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m
1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m
1961 Pamela Ann Melroy, born in Palo Alto, California, Major USAF/astronaut, sk:STS 92
1961 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m
1961 USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours
1961 USAF Maj Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
1961 USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights
1960 Catherine G Coleman, Charleston, South Carolina, Phd/Capt USAF/astronaut, STS 73
1960 Steven W. Lindsey, Arcadia, California, Major USAF/astronaut, STS 87
1960 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m
1960 USAF Maj Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m
1959 Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh, New York, major USAF/astronaut, STS 89
1959 Benjamin O Davis, Jr. becomes 1st black gen-major in USAF
1959 USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit
1959 Michael J. Bloomfield, born in Flint, Michigan, Major USAF/astronaut, STS 86
1959 USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), New Mexico
1959 USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects
1958 USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's
1958 Susan J Helms, Charlotte, North Carolina, Mjr USAF/Astronaut, STS 54, 64, 78
1957 USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space
1957 USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
1957 Rick Douglas Husband, born in Amarillo, Texas, USAF mjr/astronaut
1957 William G. Gregory, Lockport, New York, Mjr USAF/Astronaut, STS 67
1957 Duane G. Carey, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, major USAF/astronaut
1957 Scott J. Horowitz, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, PhD/Capt USAF/astronaut, STS 75, 82
1956 Eileen Marie Collins, Elmira, New York, Mjr USAF/Astronaut, STS 63, 84
1956 Paul S. Lockhart, born in Amarillo, Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
1955 Carl Erwin Walz, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mjr USAF/Astronaut, STS 51, 65, 79
1955 New USAF Academy dedicated at Lowry AFB in Colorado with 300 cadets
1954 Kevin P. Chilton, born in Los Angeles, California, Lt Col USAF/Astronaut, STS 49, 59, 76
1954 B. O. Davis, Jr. becomes 1st black general in USAF
1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1953 Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS 45, 57, 72, sk:92
1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
1953 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA
1952 Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Mjr USAF/astronaut, STS 30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98
1952 Terence Tom Henricks, born in Bryan, Ohio, USAF/astronaut, STS 44, 55, 70, 78
1952 Donald R McMonagle, born in Flint, Michigan, Mjr USAF/astronaut, STS 39, 54, 66
1952 Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr., Savannah, Georgia, Major USAF/astr, STS 39, 64
1951 Mark N Brown, Valparaiso, Indiana, Major USAF/astronaut, STS 28, 48, 66
1951 Sidney M Gutierrez, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mjr USAF/astronaut, STS 40, 59
1951 Thomas D Akers, St. Louis, Major USAF/astronaut, STS 41, 49, 61, 79
1951 USAF flag approved
1950 Carl J Meade, Illinos, Major USAF/astronaut, STS 38, STS 50, 64
1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs
1949 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight
1948 Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88
1948 Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lt Col USAF/astro, STS 27, STS 35
1947 USAF (US Air Force) forms
1946 Richard O Covey, Fayetteville Ar, USAF/astro, STS 51I, 26, 38, 61
1946 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, STS 51C, 51L-Chal disaster
1945 Richard M Mullane, Texas, USAF/astro, STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36
1945 Ronald J Grabe, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS 51-J, 30, 42, 57
1945 Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astro, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28
1944 Loren J Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut, STS 51-C, STS 31, STS 46
1944 USAF kills 136, wounds 621 GI's at St-Lo
1944 USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin
1943 USAF bombs Germans in Troina
1943 Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, Col USAF/astro, STS 51-F, 61-F
1943 John H Casper, Greenville, South Carolina, USAF/astronaut, STS 36, 54, 62, 77
1942 Guion Steward Bluford, Jr., Philadelphia, Col USAF/astr, STS 8, 61A, 39, 53
1942 John E Blaha, San Antonio, USAF/astronaut, STS 29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81
1941 Frederick Drew Gregory, Washington D.C., Col USAF/astro, STS 51-B, 33, 44
1939 Francis R. Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, STS 41C, 51L-Chal disaster
1939 John M Fabian, Goosecreek, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, STS 7, STS 51G
1937 Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS 6, STS 51D, STS 51J
1935 John L Finley, USAF/astronaut
1935 Charles M Duke, Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut, Apol 16
1935 Robert H Lawrence, born in Chicago, Illinois, USAF/astronaut
1933 Donald Herod Peterson, Winona Mississippi, Col USAF/astronaut, STS 6
1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8
1933 Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, Durango Colo, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 14
1933 James A. Abrahamson, USAF/astronaut
1932 Robert T Herres, born in Denver, Colorado, USAF/astronaut
1932 Joe H Engle, Abilene, Kansas, Brig Gen USAF/astro, STS T-2, T-4, 2, 51I
1932 David R. Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, Gem 8, Apol 9, 15
1932 F Gregory Neubeck, USAF pilot
1932 Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15
1931 Charles A. Bassett II, Dayton Ohio, Captain USAF/astronaut
1931 Lachlan Macleay, USAF/pilot
1930 James M Taylor, Stamps ARK, USAF/astronaut
1930 Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4
1930 Michael Collins, Rome, Mjr Gen USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11
1930 Donn Fulton Eisele, born in Columbus, Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 7
1930 Michael James Adams, USAF pilot, X-15
1930 James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15
1930 Theodore C. Freeman, Haverford Penn, capt USAF/astronaut
1930 William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Skylab 4
1930 Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
1929 James McDivitt, born in Chicago, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4, Apollo 9
1928 Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut, X-20
1927 Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Mer 9, Gem 5
1926 Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3
1925 Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar
1925 Brent Scowcroft, born in Ogden, Utah, Lieutenant General, USAF, /National Security Council
1924 James W. Wood, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar
1924 Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astro, Apollo 18
1911 Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison, James Bond films
1897 Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist, USAF in London
1897 Nathan F Twining, USAF general, Neither Liberty nor Safety
1896 James H Doolittle, USAF General, Raid on Tokyo 1942
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