7 Facts About US Air Force

1. In 1969, US Air Force successfully deployed a reconnaissance drone named Lockheed D-21 which was capable of going Mach 3.3.

2. In 1958, the US Air Force made plans to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon and wanted it to visible by the naked eye on earth.

3. The US Air Force refused to cooperate with the production of the movie Iron Eagle since it involved the theft of an aircraft for a rogue mission against a middle eastern nation.

4. The US Air Force is undertaking a significant humanitarian effort in order to assist Iraq's imperiled minority groups.

5. The official birthday of the US Air Force is 18 September 1947.

6. The US Air Force has selected Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to coordinate maintenance and sustainment of the B-21 Raider and Edwards AFB, California, to lead testing and evaluation of the next generation long-range strike bomber.

7. The US Air Force is proceeding with the shutdown of a key air base in Britain as allotment of a cost-saving effort and redistributing its forces elsewhere in Europe.