The Air Refueling Combat Test 0715 Friday 6 July 1951 Over the China Sea east of Wonsan Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea Fuel is a weapon.” -James F. Dunnigan, Author of the book How to Make War I had to fly nine sorties on the day the St. Mihiel offensive […]
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The Unfortunate Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge
The idea of an airplane as a military weapon was being considered long before World War I. It had only been five years since Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight at Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, when Orville along with Charlie Taylor and Charlie Furnas went to Fort Myer, Virginia to demonstrate the brothers’ Flyer to the U.S Army.
