 
Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran held more speed, altitude and distance records than any other male or female pilot in aviation history at the time of her death Aug. 10, 1980.
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Jackie Cochran
Jackie Cochran standing on the wing of her F-86 whilst talking to Chuck Yeager and Canadair's chief test pilot Bill Longhurst. (Photo courtesy Air Force Flight Test Center History Office)
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Jackie Cochran
Jackie Cochran in the cockpit of the Canadair F-86 with Chuck Yeager. (Photo courtesy Air Force Flight Test Center History Office)
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Jacqueline
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran was a leading aviatrix who promoted an independent Air Force and was the director of women's flying training for the Women's Airforce Service Pilots program during World War II. She held more speed, altitude and distance records than any other male or female pilot in aviation history at the time of her death Aug. 10, 1980.
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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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Charles E. Yeager
1940's -- Charles E. Yeager became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight on October 14, 1947.
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