The Air Force Historical Foundation
Founded in 1953 by Gen. Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz and other air power pioneers, the Air Force Historical Foundation is dedicated to preserving the history and traditions of American aviation, with emphasis on the U.S. Air Force, its predecessor organizations, and the men and women whose lives and dreams were devoted to flight.
February 8, 1949
Shattering all existing transcontinental records, a Boeing B-47 Stratojet flies from Moses Lake airfield, Washington, to Andrews AFB, Maryland, in three hours and 45 minutes.
Air Power History’s Winter 2009 issue features articles on female German pilots during World War II, the role of aircraft maintenance during the Berlin Airlift, and President Eisenhower’s peacetime policy regarding overflight of “belligerent enemy” territory.
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• Review 2009 Symposium presentations
• Access the Air Power History archive
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