May 2012 - 104th Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard

MAY 2012This Month in HistoryMay Historical EventsMay 17, 1919 - The War Department ordered useof national star insignia on all planes.AIRSCOOPPAGE 17May 25, 1927 - Lt. James H. Doolittle performedthe first known successful outside loop.May 21, 1937 - Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonanleft San Francisco on a West-to-East around-theworldflight. Their trip ended on July 2 when theydisappeared near Howland Island in the Pacific.May 7, 1945 - Mass-produced B-17s, B-24s, B-25s, B-29s, P-38s, P-40s, P-51s and C-47s led toVictory Day in Europe.May 8, 1945 - Germany surrendersunconditionally.May 25, 1948 - Using a modified B-29 as thetanker aircraft, the Air Force completed its firstin-flight refueling.May 12, 1950 - Capt. Chuck Yeager flew the #1Bell-X-1 research aircraft on its last flight aboveEdwards AFB, Calif. Film clips of the flight wereused in the movie "Jet Pilot."May 20, 1951 - In a F-86 Sabre, Capt JamesJabara from the 334th Fighter InterceptorSquadron became the world's first jet ace.May 16, 1955 - U.S. Air Force marking approvedfor use on aircraft wings.May 20, 1966 - The North American AerospaceDefense Command Attack Warning Systembecame operational.May 10, 1972 - The Fairchild-Republic A-10Aprototype, an entry in the U.S. Air Force's A-Xcompetition to select a close-air-support fighter,completed its first flight at Edwards AFB, Calif.May 30, 1974 - The U.S. launched the world'sfirst communications broadcast satellite, theApplications Technology Satellite or ATS-6. Fromits synchronous orbit, the satellite providedcoverage to half of the globe.May 25, 1984 - A Military Airlift Command C-141 Starlifter transported the body of theUnknown Soldier of the Vietnam War forinterment at Arlington National Cemetery.May 2, 1987 - The first F-15E arrived atEdwards AFB, Calif., for flight testing.MASSACHUSETTSAIR NATIONAL GUARDBarnes Air National Guard Base175 Falcon DriveWestfield, MA 01805www.104fw.ang.af.milSocial Media Sites:www.facebook.com/barnesangwww.twitter.com/104fighterwingwww.flickr.com/photos/barnesangbPRIDE,PROFESSIONALISM,PATRIOTISMWe’re on the WebWWW.104FW.ANG.AF.MILCopyright (c) 2012 104th Fighter Wing Air National Guard.All rights reserved. This funded Air Force newspaper is anauthorized publication for members of the U.S. Militaryservices. Contents of the AIRSCOOP are not necessarily theofficial views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, theDepartment of Defense, the Department of the Air Force orthe Air National Guard.