The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was a forerunner of todays
U.S. Air Force. Renamed from the  Air Service on 2 July 1926, it was part
of the U.S. Army. The Air Corps was renamed the United States Army Air
Forces by Congress on June 20,1941 and was active till September
17, 1947.

U.S. Army Air Forces Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
("Hap Arnold Emblem")

The United States Air Force Symbol today

Midway Atoll

The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the
Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one
month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway
Atoll (above). Heavy damage was inflicted on the Japanese fleet. It has been
called the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare.

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On the evening of May 21, 1927, 33 hours, 30 minutes later, Charles
Lindbergh had crossed the coast of France, followed the Seine River
to Paris and touched down at Le Bourget Field where a waiting crowd
of 100,000 rushed the plane. He had achieved the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, New York to Paris.

Charles Lindbergh beside the Spirit of St. Louis after landing in Paris.

Charles Lindbergh beside Spirit of St. Louis before take off (below) on May
20th from Roosevelt Field in Garden City, Nassau County, New York.

Jacqueline Cochran stands in front of the Canadian-built F-86 Sabre jet, in which
she became the first woman to break the sound barrier. Cochran flew over Rogers
Dry Lake, California at an average speed of 652.337 miles-per-hour. Among her
other aviation firsts: She was the first woman to take off from an aircraft carrier, the
first woman to reach Mach 2, the first pilot to make a blind instrument landing and
the first woman inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame.

1962