The National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, received a C-21A aircraft on Wednesday that will go on display there. Our entry in Thursday’s column stated this, but incorrectly referenced the C-27 transport on two occasions instead of the C-21. We’ve revised our original entry to fix those typos.
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.