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Capt. Charles E. Yeager
1940's -- Capt. Charles E. Yeager (shown standing next to the Air Force's Bell-built X-1 supersonic research aircraft) became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight on October 14, 1947. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Capt. Charles E. Yeager
1940's -- Capt. Charles E. Yeager (shown in the cockpit of the Air Force's Bell-built X-1 supersonic research aircraft) became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight on October 14, 1947.
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Air Evacuation Unit
1940's -- Nurse will comfort the wounded while in flight. Air Evacuation Unit, Bowman Field, Kentucky.
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Berlin Airlift
1940's -- 1st Lt. Gail Halvorsen and the 17th Military Air Transport Squadron rig some candy bars to miniature parachutes for German children in Berlin as part of Operation Little Vittles. As his C-54 plane approaches Tempelhof AB, Germany, he drops the homemade parachutes weighted with American candy bars and gum.
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Berlin Airlift
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