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IT WAS CALLED -‘’MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON”

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Pilot Sully Sullenberger performs “Miracle on the ...

On January 15, 2009, a potential disaster turned into a heroic
display of skill and composure when Captain Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III and co-pilot
Jeffrey Skiles safely land the
plane they were piloting on
New York City’s Hudson River
after a bird strike caused its engines to fail. David Paterson,
governor of New York at the time,
dubbed the incident the
miracle on the Hudson.”  

Sullenberger, a former Air Force fighter pilot with decades of
flying experience, received a slew of honors for his actions,
including an invitation to
Barack Obama’s presidential
inauguration and resolutions of praise from the U.S.
Congress.


The 'Miracle on the Hudson' Flight: 8 Things You Might Not Know, a Decade Later | Condé Nast ...
Captain Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III and co-pilot
Jeffrey Skiles
.

All survive as US Airbus A320 crashes into the Hudson river

Hero of the Hudson Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger to speak at Purdue - Purdue University News
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III will
turn 73 on January 23rd. 

Sully (2016) - Posters — The Movie Database (TMDB)

The incident was adapted into the feature film
Sully
,
directed by Clint Eastwood. It starred Tom        
Hanks as Sullenberger and Aaron Eckhart as      
Skiles. It was released by
Warner Bros. on
September 9, 2016.

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ANNOUNCING THIS YEARS MISS AMERICA

Active-duty Air Force officer crowned 2024 Miss America photo 1

ORLANDO, Fla. (TND) — Madison Marsh is a U.S. Air Force officer,
a master’s student at Harvard and is now adding 2024 Miss America
to her impressive resume.

She also happens to be the first active-duty servicemember to ever
win the title.

Marsh, 22, graduated last year from the United States Air Force
Academy with a degree in physics and is currently enrolled at
Harvard pursuing her master’s in public policy.

The U.S. Air Force celebrated her win on X and called her "our
very own."

Madison Marsh is Miss America 2024: Miss Colorado Makes History by ...
Madison Marsh (Miss Colorado) after being crowned Miss America.


Madison Marsh

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AIR FORCE BOMBER’S FIRST FLIGHT TODAY

Newest Air Force stealth bomber, the $750M B-21 Raider, takes first flight

B-21 Raider test flight in California
Newest Air Force stealth bomber, the $750M B-21 Raider,
takes to the air for the time. 

The U.S. Air Force’s long-awaited B-21 stealth bomber took its
first test flight in California on Friday.

According to the Air Force, the aircraft, developed by Northrop Grumman, is expected to be operational by 2030. It can carry
both "conventional and nuclear munitions" and will "provide
our nation with a strategic asset capable of penetrating enemy
air defenses in highly contested environments and striking
targets anywhere in the world."
(FOX NEWS)

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UFO REPORT RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1997

US report ‘makes no definitive finding about UFOs’
    6-25-1997

On this day in history, June 24, 1997, the U.S. Air Force released
a 232-page report titled "The Roswell Report: Case Closed,"
about a mysterious incident near
Roswell, New Mexico, that
some believe was a UFO crash-landing on Earth.

The report was the second part of the government’s official
disclosure about what was found in rural New Mexico in the
1940s. Back in 1994, the government published, "The Roswell
Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert."

"The Roswell Incident has assumed a central place in American
folklore since the events of the 1940s in a remote area of New
Mexico," noted the foreword of the 1997 report, written by
Secretary of the Air Force Sheila A. Widnall (below).         
        
        
        
        
        
        
Giant Steps: Celebrating 100 Years of Flight | MIT Spectrum | Fall 2014        
Sheila Marie Evans Widnall

The Roswell Report Case Closed Captain James McAndrew 1997 | Etsy

RETRO KIMMER'S BLOG: US AIR FORCE REPORT ON ROSWELL JUNE 24 1997

Two Globe-Shaped UFOs Caught On Camera In Florida

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FIRST AMERICAN SPACE WALK ON THIS DAY

On June 3, 1965, 120 miles above the Earth, Major Edward H.
White II opened the hatch of the Gemini 4 and stepped out of
the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk in
space. Attached to the craft by a 25-foot tether and controlling
his movements with a hand-held oxygen jet-propulsion gun,
White remained outside the capsule for just over 20 minutes. 

White had been preceded by Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei A.
Leonov, who on March 18, 1965, was the first man ever to
walk in space.

EdwardWhite.jpeg
Edward Higgins White II
(November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967)

Capsule, Gemini IV | National Air and Space Museum

America's First Space Walk: Edward White Makes History, June 1965 | Time.com

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