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On This Day in Aviation History

Today in Aviation History: March 12th

Southwest grounds 44 aircraft for inspection, a pair of B-52s fly around the world, an Air Vietnam DC-4 is shot down, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History: January 24th

A bomb kills dozens at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow, the Department of Homeland Security is born, a B-52 crashes and drops two nuclear bombs on North Carolina, and more...
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Video: Fifteen B-52s Take Off Within Minutes During Exercise

An impressive sight: Here we see 15 B-52s conducting Minimum Interval Take-Offs (MITO) from Minot AFB, North Dakota, during the U.S. Strategic Command nuclear exercise GLOBAL THUNDER in June 2009.
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January 17th in Aviation History: British Airways Flight 38 Crash Lands at Heathrow

A British Airways 777 lands short of the runway at Heathrow, a B-52 collision peppers nukes over Spain, Operation Desert Storm begins in Iraq, and more...
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January 15th in Aviation History: Miracle on the Hudson, United Airlines Born

US Airways Flight 1549 makes its "Miracle on the Hudson" water landing. A Lockheed U-2 is lost in the Sea of Japan, the crash of Linjeflyg Flight 618, Boeing Air Transport starts delivering airmail, and more...
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