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✈️Freedom is enabled by the Airmen who build, test, and sustain the force behind every mission. From research labs to flight lines, #AFMC turns innovation into capability and ideas into combat-ready power. #OneAFMC #Freedom250 #AFHistory @usairforce
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Who designed both McCook’s first in-house airplane, the USAC-1 in 1918, and its last, the XCO-6 in 1923?
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#AFResearchLab | #AFRLHistory | #ThrowbackThursday | #TestYourKnowledge | #AFHistory
On December 4th, 1917, the U.S. Army established a home for science and technology research at McCook Field, Ohio.
During WWI, McCook Field was the nation’s largest aviation science and engineering contributor.
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🫡Honoring a hero! The @usairforce unveils first-of-its-kind artwork featuring Sgt. Sabu Dastagir, an actor who became an #Airman. He flew dozens of combat missions and was awarded numerous medals for his heroic actions during WWII. #AFHistory
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📺In the latest episode of "Out of the Hangar," the @AFLCMCofficial Historian discusses the 100th anniversary of the first flight around the world.🌎 #OneAFMC #AFLCMC #AFHistory
Watch: https://t.co/1NrRvb7Uwp
📺Check out the new Out of the Hangar video! 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣years ago, some of the world’s top pilots and aviation proponents gathered in the Dayton, Ohio area for the 1924 International Air Races.✈️ #AFHistory #OneAFMC @AFLCMCofficial
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🎥👀Out of the hangar! Watch the origin story of the C-130 Hercules, a true workhorse the @usairforce has relied on for 70 years. #OneAFMC #AFHistory✈
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👂Explore @AFLCMCofficial’s modern-era formation with #AFLCMC Chief Historian Kevin Rusnak in the new Leadership Log podcast. #OneAFMC #AFHistory
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#OTD 100 years ago today, Frederick Patterson, president of Dayton’s National Cash Register Company, organized a fundraising dinner for 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people to purchase💰 Wright Field, the modern #WPAFB.
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#DYK Hobson Way on #WPAFB Area B, which runs from the Air Force Institute of Technology to the 711th Human Performance Wing campus, honors former Rep. David Hobson. 📲https://t.co/vqOdJCcfMm
#TeamWrightPatt #AFHistory #AF75
#DYK Record-breaking aviators called #WPAFB home?
✈ Ann Baumgartner was the first woman to pilot a turbojet-powered aircraft in 1944.
✈ Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, performed his first test missions here in 1945. #TeamWrightPatt #AFHistory #AF75
#DYK Monahan Way on #WPAFB Area B honors the 35-year Air Force career of Lt. Gen. George Monahan Jr. The government vehicle gas station is also named in honor of Monahan. https://t.co/qOwiqHnhx8
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#DYK that Skeel Avenue, the road that connects Gate 15A off state Route 844 to the air traffic control tower, was named in honor of Capt. Burt Skeel and regarded as one of the best pilots in the country.
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Thank you to General Tod D. Wolters for his service as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). #afhistory
U.S. Army General Christopher Cavoli assumed command as the 20th Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) in a ceremony held at SHAPE on July 4, 2022. General Cavoli took command as General Tod D. Wolters departs having served in this prestigious position since May of 2019.
Courtesy @SheppardAFB's Throwback Thursdays, we’re throwing it back to the late 1970s with the @ENJJPT program! Did you know that ENJJPT flies about 250 sorties (practice flights) daily while working to produce combat fighter pilots for NATO? 😱✈️
#AF75 #AFheritage #AFhistory
Please join us for our 2022 Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, June 1, at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA. Tickets may be purchased on our website at:
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We hope you will join us!
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You can find Marissa Kester's book, There from the Beginning: Women in the US Air Force, available for free online (https://t.co/r6aNJF1n71) or at the AUP Bookstore (https://t.co/bbTPsSplbx).
#AUPBookstore #AFWomen #AFHistory
Today, on the 80th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, we take a look back.
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Book Club Zoom details have been provided via email for all registered April attendees. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, April 18, at 6 pm Eastern for what looks to be a great session!
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Our next Book Club is quickly approaching on April 18th! Join us as we speak with author and AFHF President, Jonna Doolittle Hoppes and special guest, James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, III.
Register today: https://t.co/zOVyQWBlCc
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