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Colonel Regina Aune

1970's -- Then Lt. Col. Regina Aune, 437th Medical Operations Sqaudron commander, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., recounts an experience in Vietnam that saved and changed lives. While a lieutenant in the spring of 1975, flight nurse Regina Aune became the first and only woman to receive the Cheney Award, recognizing an act of valor "in a humanitarian interest performed in connection with aircraft." She did it saving orphans during "Operation Babylift."

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Colonel Regina Aune

1970's -- While a lieutenant in the spring of 1975, flight nurse Regina Aune became the first and only woman to receive the Cheney Award, recognizing an act of valor "in a humanitarian interest performed in connection with aircraft." She did it saving orphans during "Operation Babylift."

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Colonel Susan Helms

Col. Susan Helms lived aboard the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition-2 crew in 2001. (Courtesy photo)

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Colonel Susan Helms

1990's -- Col. Susan Helms, first U.S. military woman in space. (Courtesy photo)

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Combat-ready for 50 years

A B-52D Stratofortress from the 93rd Bombardment Wing at Castle Air Force Base, Calif., drops bombs. B-52Ds were modified in 1966 to carry 108, 500-lb bombs while the normal conventional payload before was only 51. (Historical U.S. Air Force photo)

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CONSOLIDATED B-24

1940's -- Consolidated B-24's over Friedrichshaven, Germany. The B-24 was employed in operations in every combat theater during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

1940's -- The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was employed in operations in every combat theater during World War II. Because of its great range, it was particularly suited for long over-water missions in the European and Pacific Theater. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Convair RB-36D

1940's -- The Convair RB-36D, the jet-augumented version of the U.S. Air Force's intercontinental strategic bomber. Bomb bay was fitted with 14 cameras. The number 2 bay was used to carry up to eighty 100 lb. photo flash bombs for nighttime aerial photography. Four General Electric J-47 jet engines, mounted in pairs under outer wing edges, supplement six Pratt & Whitney piston engines. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Corporal Eugene J. Bullard

EARLY YEARS -- Eugene Jacques Bullard, the first African-American combat pilot, was one of 200 Americans who flew for France in World War I.

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Corporal Vernon L. Burge in Army Wright

EARLY YEARS -- Corporal Vernon L. Burge becomes the first enlisted pilot. Seated in an Army Wright "B" airplane. Like many enlisted pilots who followed, he was an aircraft mechanic prior to earning wings. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Cpl. Eugene J. Bullard

Eugene Jacques Bullard, the world's first African-American combat pilot, was one of 200 Americans who flew for France in World War I.

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Crew of the B-29

1940's -- The ground crew of the B-29 "Enola Gay" which atom-bombed Hiroshima, Japan. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, the pilot is the center. Marianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Cuban Missile Crisis

1960's -- Cuba- an aerial view of the San Cristobal medium range ballastic missle launch site number two. November 1, 1962 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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Cuban Missile Crisis

1960'S -- Strategic Air Command personnel interpreting reconnaissance photo during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Cuban Missile Crisis-MRBM Field Launch Site

1960's -- Cuba - An aerial view showing the medium range ballistic missile field launch site number two at Sagua la Grande. October 17, 1962 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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Curtis JN-4

The Curtiss "Jenny" America's most famous World War I airplane, was developed by combining the best features of the Curtiss "J" and "N" models. (courtesy photo)

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Curtis LeMay

1940's -- Curtis LeMay

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Curtis LeMay

1940's -- Curtis LeMay

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Curtiss C-46

1940's -- Curtiss C-46 "Commando" in flight, response to the development of twin engine, low wing metal passenger planes in the mid-1930s (i.e. the Douglas DC-2). Curtiss designed the Model CW-20 as a passenger plane capable of carrying 36 passengers. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Curtiss JN4-H Jenny

EARLY YEARS-- Lt. George Boyle gets ready to fly a modified Curtiss JN4-H Jenny during the inauguration of U.S. airmail service in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 1918. Unfortunately, Lt. Boyle got lost and didn't arrive at his destination.

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