37th TRW Office of History and Research

The primary mission of the Office of History and Research is the preparation and publication of an annual historical report of the 37th Training Wing.

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Introduction to the 37th Training Wing History Office https://t.co/MonVWo1JBc via @FacebookWatch

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Listen to "3d Week May: MTI Monument" by The Lackland Historian Podcast. https://t.co/PPDUlrh0NG

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The first military Liver Transplant: Wilford Hall Medical Center May 1989!

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Listen to "The Lackland Podcast: 1st Week May - Bloodhounds" by The Lackland Historian Podcast. https://t.co/wNA3cchXcy

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Listen to "The Lackland Podcast: 1st Week May - Bloodhounds" by The Lackland Historian Podcast. https://t.co/wNA3cchpn0

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Today in 1909 Lt. Benjamin Foulois took his 1st flying lesson from Wilbur Wright at College Park, MD.

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#HaveYouRead #library Have you read this book? It is available for checkout from the West Virginia Library Commission!

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Josie Lucille Owens, a welder during World War II, assists with the construction of a Liberty Ship, the SS George Washington Carver, in Redmond, CA. #ArchivesBlackDesign

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Thanks to Mark Bell for tagging us in this great photo with a unique angle of mid-air refueling for one of our #RivetJoint aircraft.

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Today in 1983 Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr announced that Dyess AFB, TX would receive the B-1B squadron and the combat crew training school.

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Today in 1948 Orville Wright died in Dayton, Ohio. He was 76.

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Today in 1965 the C-141A's certification ended an unusual program in which industry, the Federal Aviation Administration, and USAF Jointly developed, produced, and tested the aircraft.

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Today in 1984 The Air Force Reserves accepted its first F-16 Fight Falcon at Hill AFB, Utah.

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Today in 1973 during the Vietnam Peace Accords after the 11-day B-52 bombing campaign against Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam signed a peace accord.

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Today in 1946 Colonel William H. Councill flew a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star nonstop across the US to make the first Transcontinental jet fight. He completed the 2,457 miles between Los Angeles and New York in 4:13:26 at an average speed of 584 MPH to set a FAI record.

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Today in 1952 The Engine Build-Up Branch of Aircraft Repair Section obtained a 15,000 pound capacity forklift for handling F-4360 engines and other heavy equipment!

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Today in 1973 The Spirit of '76, the VC-137 in which Lyndon B. Johnson became President in 1963, flew his body from Texas to Washington DC in a final tribute.

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Today in 1918 The first American military balloon ascension in the American Expeditionary Force took place at the American Balloon School, Cuperly, Marne, France.