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1861 – The Union Army Balloon Corps is established during the American Civil War. 1878 – The British Army Balloon Equipment Store is established at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich by the Royal Engineers. 1885 – Balloons are deployed by the British Army to Bechuanaland and Suakin. 1888 – The British Army School of Ballooning is established.
Aircraft comes down at 2215 hrs. in the Atlantic Ocean ~.75 miles offshore, after just clearing the Station One Hotel, on-shore breeze carries crew inland about three blocks from the beach, one landing in a tree, the other in a courtyard of a condominium, suffering only cuts and bruises. Aircraft, on routine training mission, was unarmed.
A U.S. Navy electronic-warfare aircraft crashed into San Diego Bay in California this week, injuring two service members. The Navy said both pilots onboard the Boeing EA-18G Growler were rescued ...
A Sikorsky UH-60L Blackhawk, 91-26321, [182] of the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, [183] Texas Army National Guard, crashed on the campus at Texas A&M University just after take-off due to tail rotor failure, killing 2nd Lt. Zachary Cook - a 2008 Texas A&M graduate and member of the Texas A&M ROTC and Aggie Corps of Cadets - and injuring four ...
Wings of Fame was a 160-page quarterly historic aviation magazine published as a companion to World Air Power Journal, whose coverage was limited to contemporary military aviation and air power. It was in circulation between 1995 and 2000.
I had the rare opportunity to fly in a historic jet trainer ahead of the Pacific Airshow in October. The T-33 Shooting Star was used to train US Air Force pilots on jet aircraft until the early 1960s.
Heavier-than-air aircraft were recognized as having military applications early on, despite resistance from traditionalists and the severe limitations of early aircraft. The U.S. Army Signal Corps purchased a Wright Model A on 2 August 1909 which became the first military aircraft in history. [2]