Holm to brigadier general, making her the first female general officer in the Air Force. Adams posthumously receives the Medal of Honor. With the wounded secured, Adams lifts off, but the Huey is severely damaged by ground fire, hit again by a rocket-propelled grenade, rolls inverted, and crashes. The helicopters come under withering fire near the landing zone, but manage to get down. William Adams and his Bell UH-1H Huey medevac crew, along with a Huey gunship escort, to attempt to rescue three wounded soldiers from a firebase in Kontum Province, South Vietnam. The first night, Fed Ex carries only 18 packages. Federal express begins air freight operations from Memphis, Tenn., guaranteeing overnight delivery anywhere in the United States. Jane Leslie Holley, Auburn University, Alabama, becomes the first woman commissioned through Air Force ROTC.Īpril 17, 1971. She was previously an administrative officer. Jordan becomes the first female aircraft maintenance officer after completion of the Aircraft Maintenance Officer’s School. A policy is announced, which allows Air Force women who become pregnant to request a waiver to remain on active duty or to be discharged and return to duty within 12 months of discharge. Swanson is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on May 2, 2002, the day before he and Harrison are buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Larry Harrison, are not recovered until 1999. Swanson’s remains and those of his observer, SSgt. Over the battle, his OH-6 is hit by ground fire and explodes. His helicopter damaged, Swanson flies to safety, rearms, and reenters the fight to mark additional targets.
Flying at treetop level, he repeatedly exposes himself to enemy gunfire, firing grenades at targets and marking others with smoke rounds for other helicopter gunships in the area. Swanson, flying a Hughes OH-6 Cayuse helicopter, is called in to provide close air support to South Vietnamese ground troops in Cambodia. Lilienthal sets a recognized class record for speed over a 15 to 25- kilometer course (turboprop aircraft) of 501.44 mph in a Lockheed P-3C Orion at NAS Patuxent River, Md.įeb. The Grumman F-14A Tomcat fleet air defense fighter makes its first flight at Long Island, N.Y Mendel Rivers (D– S.C.) and most of the House Armed Services Committee, is less than auspicious: The giant aircraft loses a wheel and the tire next to that one blew out.ĭec. The Air Force receives the first operational Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transport, delivered to the 437th Military Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, S.C. The Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps admits women after test programs at Ohio State, Auburn University, Drake University, and East Carolina University prove successful. After a tense four days, the Apollo 13 crew safely splashes down in the Pacific. An explosion in the Apollo 13 service module cripples the spaceship and forces the crew to use the lunar module as a lifeboat to get back to Earth. Jerauld Gentry makes the first successful powered flight of the Martin Marietta X-24A lifting-body research aircraft over Edwards AFB, Calif.Īpril 11–17, 1970. The overseas portion of the Automatic Voice Network (AUTOVON) is completed, making it possible to call any US military installation in the world without leaving one’s desk. That '84 in picture #3 looks like it has a blackout.March 15, 1970. Įdit: my '83 had a plastic / chrome grille.
I special ordered the car and ticked off that box. Mine looked identical to car number #3 in the Hemmings link, except mine had one additional, once common feature, I have not seen since: vent windows. But that was a long time ago, and I could be wrong about that. Mine went through several sets of injectors, and it gained a bit of additional HP with each set, best I recall.įor some odd reason, I seem to recall the engine, or some major parts of it, was made in Brazil.
#1979 thunderbird coup crack#
I went from a POS Honda to the T Bird, which was like moving from a rat infested crack house to a country club. This was completely independent of ambient air temp, whether the car was hot or cold, etc. It would ALWAYS start on the second turn of the key. The EEC-IV system had a bit of a quirk - it would NEVER start on the first turn of the key.
It did not have a toggle for regular / premium fuel.
#1979 thunderbird coup manual#
Some versions had a manual switch you could toggle based on whether you were running regular or premium, because it was before the days of knock sensors. According to Wikipedia, the first 2.3 turbo was offered in carbureted form in the 1979 Mustang, Capri and Fairmont (!?) Yes you read that right.ġ983 was the first fuel injected version.
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