This Week in U.S. Air Force/Aerospace History, 17 - 23 Sep.

Published Sept. 9, 2010
By Dan Simmons
92 Air Refueling Wing Historian

Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. -- Sep 18, 1947: The United States Air Force became a separate service. W. Stuart Symington took his oath as the first Secretary of the Air Force.