JOINT BASE CHARLESTON –
Nov. 7, 1961 - The U.S. Air Force completed the overseas deployment of the largest group of tactical fighters since World War II with the landing in Europe of more than 200 aircraft flown by Air National Guard pilots mobilized under legislation Aug. 1, 1961.
Nov. 8 1950 - In history's first battle between jet aircraft, a U.S. Air Force F-80 Shooting Star, piloted by Lt. Russell J. Brown, was believed to shoot down a North Korean MiG-15.
Nov. 9, 1961 - Maj. Robert M. White attains a top speed of 4,093 mph in an X-15 hypersonic rocket plane while flying at full throttle at an altitude of 101,600 feet.
Nov. 10, 1988 - The U.S. Air Force reveals the F-117A Stealth fighter to the public for the first time. Manufactured by Lockheed, using radar-absorbent materials and a radical new design, the F-117A can evade radar detection.
Nov. 11, 1996 - Two 509th Bomb Wing pilots, Capts. Scott Vander Hamm and Scott Hughes, flew the second B-2 long-endurance simulator flight. The test at Whiteman AFB, Mo., lasted 38 hours and broke the previous 34-hour record Oct. 7, 1996.
Nov. 12 1970 - At Edwards AFB, Calif., a Boeing 747-B set a world record with a gross takeoff weight of 820,700 pounds.
Nov. 13, 1964 - The solid propellant rocket for Titan II Space Booster's first stage fired at the United Technology Center in Sunnyvale, Calif. It had more than a million pounds of thrust.