JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. –
Jan. 9, 1956 - 1st Lt. E.A. Schmid became the first Airman to fly over the South Pole and first member to fly over both North and South poles.
Jan. 10, 1946 - An Army R-5 set an unofficial world helicopter record of 21,000 feet.
Jan. 11, 1944 - Lt. Col. James Howard led a P-51 fighter escort group in a bombing mission to Oschersleben, Germany, attacking 30 enemy planes, destroying three and damaging several others. Even when his fuel tanks neared empty, Colonel Howard continued to protect the bombers.
Jan. 12, 1939 - President Roosevelt asked Congress to expand the Army Corps.
Jan. 13, 1993 - U.S. Air Force Maj. Susan Helms, a member of the space shuttle Endeavor crew, became the first U.S. military woman in space.
Jan. 14, 1977 - The Department of Defense directed the Air Force to begin full-scale production of the air-launched cruise missile.
Jan. 15, 1914 - The first Army aviation safety regulation was issued requiring pilots to wear helmets and leather coats for overland flights, and unsinkable coats for over water flights.