1912, The first machine gun mounted on an airplane was tested., 1898, The four-month Spanish-American War was fought., 1955, The USS Nautilus, the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine, was put to sea for the first time., 1947, Unconfirmed claims were made that the U.S. military recovered debris and alien bodies from a spaceship crash in Roswell, New Mexico. (The controversy continues to this day.), 1963, The M-16 rifle entered Army service., 1861, The American Civil War began., 1940, C-rations were field tested by the U.S. Army., 1846, A two-year war between the U.S. and Mexico began over the status of Texas., 1980, The F-16 Fighting Falcon entered USAF operational service, 1973, Mandatory military service in the U.S. was discontinued, 2008, Ann Dunwoody became the first woman to achieve four-star rank in the U.S. Military., 1947 (a), The first supersonic flight was made by Capt. Charles “Chuck” Yeager.U.S. military., 1941, The “Tuskegee Airmen” became the first African-American pilots in the U.S. military., 1965, The first American combat troops arrived in Vietnam., 1955 (a), Men were first accepted into the Army and Air Force Nurse Corps..

M106 4.1 Milestones Edited

by
Print
Embed

Leaderboard

Visual style

Options

Switch template

)
Continue editing: ?