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Oct. 3, 1967: Maj. William J. “Pete” Knight flew the
modified X-15A-2 to a speed of Mach 6.7 (4,520
mph). The aircraft was flown with its full ablative
coating and external fuel tanks. A dummy ramjet
mounted on the lower ventral stub stabilizer fell
away during the flight as a result of severe heat
damage to the fairing. The flight marked the highest Oct. 3, 1988: The space shuttle Discovery landed safely at
speed achieved in the X-15 program and remains Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., after its four-day mission
the highest speed ever reached by a manned (STS-26). It was the first American shuttle mission since
Oct. 2, 1941: Bell Chief Test Pilot Bob Stanley took the airplane. the Challenger disaster.
XP-59A Airacomet on its “official” first flight, climbing
to 6,000 feet after an unusually long takeoff roll. Col. Oct. 7, 1963: Capt. Oct. 7, 2001: A
Laurence C. “Bill” Craigie, chief of the Experimental Joe H. Engle became Tomahawk cruise
Aircraft Section at Wright Field, Ohio, then flew the the third U.S. Air Force missile is launched
airplane, becoming the nation’s first military jet pilot. pilot to fly an X-15. from the USS Philippine
Engle later completed Sea in a strike against
Oct. 2, 16 X-15 flights, three al Qaeda training
1969: The of which exceeded camps and Taliban
first C-5A 50 miles earning him military installations
Galaxy his U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan.
arrived at astronaut wings. He The United States and
Edwards subsequently became a the United Kingdom
Air Force NASA astronaut in 1966 began airstrikes in
Base, and commanded two Afghanistan in response
Calif., for space shuttle missions, to that state’s support
Category II becoming the only of terrorism and Osama
testing.
person to enter outer bin Laden. The act was
space commanding two the first military action
different winged vehicles. taken in response to the
terrorist attacks on the
U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001.

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