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11 years ago today Polish Presidential plane crashed killing all 96 onboard including President Lech Kaczynski

11 years ago today Polish Presidential plane crashed killing all 96 onboard including President Lech Kaczynski

PLF 101, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2008 – Credits:  Dmitry Karpezo  The Smolensk air disaster occurred 11 years ago on 10 April 2010, when a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. …

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66 Years Ago Today Two Airforce Pilots Broke The Speed Record From Los Angeles to New York

66 Years Ago Today Two Airforce Pilots Broke The Speed Record From Los Angeles to New York

Col. Robert R. Scott waves from the cockpit of his Republic F-84F Thunderstreak after completing a record-breaking transcontinental flight, 9 March 1955. (AP Photo) 66 years ago today two air force pilots from Des Moines broke the speed record from Los Angeles to New York, making a nonstop flight in …

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35 Years Ago Today U.S. Air Force Received First Operational Rockwell B-1B Lancer Bomber

35 Years Ago Today U.S. Air Force Received First Operational Rockwell B-1B Lancer Bomber

The B-1B lancer entered service in 1986 and was designed as a strategic bomber with supersonic speed. Photo by Senior Airman Jeffrey Withrow Thirty-five years ago, the first B-1B Lancer long-range, multi-mission, supersonic conventional bomber was delivered to the U.S. Air Force. The Strategic Air Command received the first operational Rockwell …

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58 Years Ago Today Soviet Pilot Flying Mikoyan-Gurevich E-152 Set The World Record For Speed

58 Years Ago Today Soviet Pilot Flying Mikoyan-Gurevich E-152 Set The World Record For Speed

58 years ago today Soviet pilot flying Mikoyan-Gurevich E-152 set the world record for speed over a 15/25 kilometer straight course According to This Day In aviation website, Colonel Georgy Konstantinovich Mosolov, Hero of the Soviet Union, flew the Mikoyan-Gurevich E-152\1 to a two-way average speed of 2,681 kilometers per …

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26 Years Ago Today U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress Crashed At Fairchild Air Force Base

26 Years Ago Today U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress Crashed At Fairchild Air Force Base

1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash – Credits: USAF On Friday, 24 June 1994, a United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States, after its pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur “Bud” Holland, maneuvered the bomber beyond its operational limits and lost …

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