On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...

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Did you know a tiny device that helped end World War II was made right here in Cincinnati? A mission so secret the people ...

Two of these aircraft are bombers, while the remaining three set the glorious records associated with the X-15.