The Air Force Office of Scientific Research gathered some 150 rocket scientists in Annapolis, Md., recently to discuss space propulsion and power. The focus was the work these leading scientists from universities and small businesses have done for the Air Force through AFOSR-funded research.
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.