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Date Range 9/24/2004 to 10/24/2004
10.19.2004 - X-24A Lifting Body 
On Oct. 21, 1970, the X-24A aerospace vehicle makes its first supersonic speed-flight at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif....
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10.13.2004 - Pioneer I Lunar Probe
On Oct. 11, 1958, an Air Force-launched Pioneer I lunar probe vehicle attains a height of approximately 80,000 miles before falling back to the earth Oct. 13. The probe returned data on the Van Allen...
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10.6.2004 - Technical Sgt. Tim Wilkinson
Starting Oct. 3, 1993 and ending the next day, Technical Sgt. Tim Wilkinson was part of a 15-man combat search and rescue team to get two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crews out after they were shot down...
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9.28.2004 - Strategic Air Command alert ends
On Sept. 27, 1991, President George H. Bush ordered the termination of Strategic Air Command's alert which began in October 1957 following the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite....
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