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Where It All Took Flight: Dayton at America’s 250th by Megan Henry, NAHF Heritage Interpretation Specialist This year, the United States of America is celebrating its 250th birthday. This also marks the state of Ohio’s 223rd birthday (Ohio became a state in 1803), and the city of Dayton’s 221st (Dayton was incorporated in 1805).

The women who landed at Normandy.

Once airstrips had been established in the Allied operating area, American Skytrains and British Dakotas began not only bringing in supplies, but evacuating wounded. Pictured here are the first British WAAF orderlies, Leading Aircraftwoman Myra Roberts, Corporal Lydia Alford, and Leading Aircraftwoman Edna Birbeck selected to fly on air ambulance duties to France posing before a Dakota Mk III of No. 233 Squadron RAF at B-2 Bazenville Advanced Landing Ground in Normandy.

Do you know what WAAF stood for?

Celebrating Ila Fox Loetscher The Turtle Lady and Ninety-Nines Charter Member

B-52 Crashes After Takeoff At Edwards AFB | Aviation Week A Boeing B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff June 15 for a test flight at Edwards AFB, California, with eight crewmembers aboard.

From the Front Porch to the Back Deck What rural places still remember about living in public with each other

‘It blows my mind’: Astrobiologist weighs in on latest findings from NASA’s Curiosity rover – Texas A&M Stories Findings reinforce evidence of long-preserved organic chemistry on Mars.