First flight of the Fairchild Republic YA-10A, marking the start of competitive flight evaluation in the A-X close air support program. Northrop’s YA-9A would fly on May 20, 1972.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
