From USAF:
THIS WEEK IN AIR FORCE HISTORY
Feb. 3, 1946 - At Columbus, Ohio, the U.S. Army Air Forces disclosed the development of a plane with automatic devices for takeoff, flight and landing. The pilot only had to monitor the equipment.
Feb. 4, 1985 - After studying the use of women in missile crews, the Strategic Air Command decided to use gender-specific (all-female) crews in Minuteman units. The first class of six female Titan II launch control officers started Minuteman qualification training at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., in October. They were scheduled for duty with the 351st Strategic Missile Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo., in January 1986.
Feb. 5, 1905 - Thomas S. Baldwin took part in a 10-mile race between his dirigible and an automobile. The dirigible and its pilot won by three minutes.
Feb. 6, 1959 - The Air Force successfully launched its first Titan I Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Feb. 7, 1999 - From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., a Delta II rocket launched carrying the first spacecraft designed to intercept a comet and bring samples back to earth. The spacecraft was named Stardust.
Feb. 8, 1908 - The Secretary of War approved bids by the Wright brothers, Augustus M. Herring, and James
F. Scott to build the U.S. Army’s first plane.
Feb. 9, 1972 - The Boeing EC-137D testbed aircraft for the Air Force’s Airborne Warning and Control System made its first flight.
For more information on Air Force heritage, visit http://www.airforcehistory.af.mil.
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