Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
On January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation officially took effect, transforming the nature of the Civil War.
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Eric G. Gibson
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Italian campaign of World War II.
Esek Hopkins and the first American fleet commander
In the early months of the Revolution, the Continental Congress moved from ad-hoc privateers to something closer to a real navy by appointing Esek Hopkins as commander in chief of the Continental Navy.
Execution of Major John André
Near the Hudson River, the Revolutionary War’s most famous betrayal came fully into view when British Major John André, captured behind American lines, was executed as a spy.
Execution of Nathan Hale
On this date in the Revolutionary War, a young Continental Army officer named Nathan Hale was hanged by the British in New York after being captured while gathering intelligence behind enemy lines.
F-111 Aardvark
A story of long-range, low-level strike power told through the crews who trusted a swing-wing bomber to take them into the heart of modern air defenses and back again.
F-117 Nighthawk
A story of stealth, precision, and shock told through the pilots who flew the first operational stealth attack aircraft into the heart of enemy air defenses.
F-15 Eagle
A story of air superiority and reach told through the pilots who trusted the Eagle and the opponents who learned to fear it.
F-16 Fighting Falcon
A story of agility, survivability, and reach told through the pilots and maintainers who turned a lightweight fighter into a global workhorse.
F-4 Phantom II
A story of multirole firepower and adaptation, told through the aircrews who flew the Phantom into the teeth of the Vietnam War’s fiercest defenses.
F-86 Sabre
A story of speed, improvisation, and pilot skill told through the jet that met the MiG threat head-on.
Final American flight leaves Kabul
On August 30th, 2021, the last American military transport lifted off from Kabul’s runway, ending nearly twenty years of continuous American combat operations in Afghanistan.
First B-29 raid on Tokyo from the Marianas
A year after Tehran, another kind of reach took shape when Boeing B-29 bombers lifted off from freshly built airfields in the Mariana Islands for the first raid on Tokyo from that direction.
First Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm)
A year later and hundreds of miles to the north, American troops faced a British advance aimed at cutting New England off from the rest of the colonies.
First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia
On this day delegates from twelve colonies gathered in Philadelphia to respond to what they called the Coercive or Intolerable Acts, punitive measures imposed after the Boston Tea Party.
First Flight from a Warship
On November 14th, 1910, civilian pilot Eugene Ely coaxed his fragile Curtiss pusher airplane down a narrow wooden platform built over the bow of the cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Virginia.
First nuclear chain reaction at Chicago Pile-1
Exactly one year after Pearl Harbor’s date on the calendar, December 2nd, 1942, a small team of scientists and technicians gathered under a stadium in Chicago carried out an experiment that would change warfare forever.
First peacetime draft registration
With war raging in Europe and Asia, but before the United States formally entered the conflict, the government took a historic step by registering millions of men for possible military service under a new Selective Service law.