1962: Began weapons system developments for the AF-12. Kelly Johnson obtained approval to design a Mach 3 Blackbird fighter / bomber.

1967: A-12 (929) lost due to the newly-installed SAS (Stability Augmentation System) had the connections wired backwards, causing the airplane to lose complete control just seconds after takeoff from Groom Dry Lake; pilot Mele Vojvodich ejected safely at an altitude of 150 feet. Kelly Johnson receives the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award.

1988: An analysis of the wreckage of the Pan Am Boeing 747, which crashed at Lockerbie, Scotland a week ago, reveals that a bomb had been planted in the jet’s luggage hold.

2001: USA3000 Airlines began operations.

2014: Boeing completed a 3h, 32min flight of the 767-2C prototype that will be modified to become the first US Air Force KC-46A tanker.

2014: AirTran’s Flight Number 1 from Tampa to Atlanta was the carrier’s final flight. AirTran had been purchased by and absorbed into Southwest Airlines. Most of the defunct carrier’s airplanes were immediately ferried to Goodyear, Arizona (GYR) for storage.