JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. –
Nov. 28, 1947 - The Air Force added strategic aerial mining to Strategic Air Command's list of mission responsibilities.
Nov. 29, 1975 - The first annual Red Flag exercise occurred at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to provide realistic training for combat aircrews.
Nov. 30, 1951 - Maj. George A. Davis Jr. shot down his fourth and fifth enemy planes in Korea, making him an ace in two wars with five aerial victories in Korea and seven in World War II.
Dec. 1, 1990 - Two MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron at Osan Air Base, South Korea, rescued 22 ship-wrecked sailors from a grounded Panamanian vessel near Kunsan, South Korea.
Dec. 2, 1976 - Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld authorized the U.S. Air Force to begin B-1 production. Congress had restricted funding for the program to $87 million a month earlier.
Dec. 3, 1987 - The last three remaining O-2As in the Air Force inventory made their last flight from Edwards AFB, Calif., to Kelly AFB, Texas, for retirement.
Dec. 4, 1979 - Lockheed-Georgia delivered the first stretched C-141B from Marietta to Military Airlift Command's 443rd Military Airlift Wing at Altus AFB, Okla. This program lengthened all 270 C-141As by 23.3 feet and modified them for air refueling.