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Show HILL TOP TIMES 22, 1969 hnn ,rT Page 13 fully instrumented for upper-ai- r research was launched at ,ATHjrojHLM2N Power in the United States Matures Air c (EdJ,t0Ir id four-pa- " with the Shawk flights and ch- .1 fr the preSent ginning fjth the flight of Apollo 11.) ...ncfco SERVICE LTr, the United reciveu a when Japanese llraft swarmed over Pearl heavy 'Harbor and inflicted flosses on America's after the infamous "sneak attack, America declared both Japan and Nazi War on Both enemies posGermany. sessed a mighty air force. It in those War World of dark early days to have would America II that was if air the in victory prevail to be obvious won. mobilized its as possible, the spring of 1942 'bef- :i Though America forces as rapidly it was ore the string of dreadful defeats was snapped in the Pacific. In Europe, Nazi Germany occupied France. Then Amer- ican airpower ' stepped forward. Turned Japanese had boasted The that their homeland But on pregnable. 11942, 16 was im- - the first April 18, ; j r aviation iTilxJ-x- the air- - turbojet I P-8- 0 jet aircraft PRE-HUN- I Mfolfo tfey. '27.55 V BIG 25 OFF Ml WOUT AND tSTMATi IW NOW fc YISTA KITCHEN CABINETS GLASS LINED GAS WATER HEATERS 40gol. 10-T- r. F-8- broken 6 Cant. Charles E. by in an XS-- 1 at Muroc, on Oct. 14. On Dec. 10, Yeager Calif, Marine Lt. Col. John P. Stapp made his first rocket-propell- ed nounced that photographs of the earth's surface had been taken from altitudes of 60 to 70 miles by cameras aboard rockets. The pace continued into 1949. On March 2, Capt. James 0 Gallagher piloted the the Lucky Lady IIin around 94 hours. world, nonstop The flight covered 23,452 miles with four aerial refuelings. 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On Oct. 1. the pro- On Oct. 19, the Navy an- La It,' G Storm A Screen 9 ed Earth's Surface was COMBINATION FINISHED BIDTU robot-controll- ac-ca- ss A-bo- place that eventually 2, C-5- 1 of that great struggle, a development changed the course of development On Oct. first American On Julv 26. 1947. President Truman signed a bill that made the United States Air Force a separate service. Jet and rocket experiments progressed. On Sept. 6. a German V-- 2 missile was launched from the carrier Midway. On Sept. 24. an Air Force 4 completed the first transatlantic flierht of 20 oz. Porterhouse $4.95 cost on America in men and material. Yet America emerged as the single great power in the world. Only America had and the the terrible aicraft capable of delivering it. America also emerged with the beginning of a jet force and a missile capability. American airpower had come of age. American the midst year of 'took Enjoy a During that bombers began pounding Nazi positions over continental Europe. The i tide of the war had turned. In Service mwwm Single Great Power The war had levied a terrible Doolittle. "Jimmy" they brought the 'Suddenly, war to Tokyo. ' American rocketry blossomed. On March 22, the first American-bui- lt rocket to escape the earth's atmosphere reached 50 miles altitude. On April 16, a captured V-- 2 rocket was launched at White Sands. Then on June 28, the first V-- 2 rocket roared off the Hornet, led by Col. summer, 584 mph. delivered to the 412th Fighter Group, first USAAF jet fighter unit, on Dec. 3, 1945. B-2- 5s aircraft carrier jLt far from Mrt Senarate 47 29 War Tide 1 P-8- Rocket Attack The German rocket attack on London 'brought a new awareness of missile potential. On Feb. 20, 1945, the Secretary of War approved plans for the establishment of the White Sands Proving Grounds for rocket testing. On April 4, 1945 a YR-- 4 helicopter landed in enemy territory in Burma and rescued the survivor of a PT-1- 9 crash. The rescue potential of helicopters was established. A B-bomber named Enola Gay finally broke the back of Japanese resistance on Aug. 6, 1945 by dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The war ended quickly. Shortly after the war ended, - all too announced the creation of the First Experimental Guided Missiles Group to develop and test this type of weapon. That same day, Col. William II. Councill flew an Army 0 nonstop from Long Beach, Calif, to La Guardia Field, N.Y. in four hours 13 minutes to break the transcontinental record. His average speed was data. Quickly km On Jan. 26, 1946, the Army suc- the raging battles, an American airplane bravely flew into a hurricane to gain scientific naval eight- flew A on June 13. On Sept. 14, 1944, Jofoes f I P-59- cessfully. Meanwhile, the war continued into 1944. On June 6, thousands of allied troops poured onto the beaches at Normandy to start the big push that would eventually crush the Nazi army. The Nazis desperately unleased their first V- -l rocket attack against England rt hlighling events America's aviation his- :r;4m the craft This is the White Sands. It attained a height of 62 miles. sled ride at Edwards AFB, Calif. And on Dec. 17, the prototype B-jet bomber flew for the first time. Tensions mounted between . the Soviet Union and the United States in 1948. When the Soviets closed ground to Berlin, the Berlin airlift was started on June 26. foror 89e Ivory I SUMP PUMP 3600 Gal. Pr Mr. Auto. Switch 39 95 SO' GARDEN HOSE GUAR. 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