October 14th On this day in 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to flyContinue Reading
October 7th On this day in 2001, a U.S.-led coalition begins attacks on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan with an intense bombing campaignContinue Reading
September 30th On this day in 1954, The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the U.S.Continue Reading
September 23rd On this day in 1779, the U.S. ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a hard-foughtContinue Reading
September 16th On September 16, 1916, one month after succeeding Erich von Falkenhayn as chief of the German army’s generalContinue Reading
September 9th U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles B. DeBellevue (Weapons Systems Officer) flying with his pilot, Capt. JohnContinue Reading
September 2nd On this day in 1945, Japan formally signs documents of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay,Continue Reading
August 26th On this day in 1967, badly injured after ejecting when his North American F-100F is shot down overContinue Reading
August 19th On this day in 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution defeats the British frigate Guerrière in a furiousContinue Reading
August 12th On this day in 1862, Confederate cavalry leader General John Hunt Morgan captures a small Federal garrison inContinue Reading