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We would fight not for the political future of a distant city, rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth. -- Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain |
5th Space Operations Squadron(202 total words in this text)(2008 Reads)  Constituted 5th Satellite Control Squadron on 11 Apr 1989. Activated on 1 May 1989. Redesignated 5th Space Operations Squadron on 30 Jan 1992. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1992. Activated on 22 Nov 1993. Assignments 1000th Satellite Operations Group, 1 May 1989?31 Jul 1992. 50th Operations Group, 22 Nov 1993?. Stations Fairchild AFB, WA, 1 May 1989?31 Jul 1992. Onizuka AFB (later, AS), CA, 22 Nov 1993?. Space Systems Satellites, 1989?1992. Satellites, 1993?. Operations Provided spacecraft command uplink, spacecraft telemetry and sensor data downlink, along with limited command and control capability as an emergency backup for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program?s Fairchild Operations Center, 1989?1992. Honors Service Streamers. None. Campaign Streamers. None. Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None. Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Sep 1990?31 Aug 1991. Emblem Azure, five mullets of eight Argent above and between a demi-globe issuant from dexter base Celeste and a flight symbol ascending bendwise White issuing a contrail arcing to the globe Gules; all within a diminished bordure Or. MOTTO: PIONEERS OF SPACE. Approved on 9 Dec 1994; replaced emblem approved on 25 Aug 1989 (DFSC 90?05554). |
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1775:
American troops capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
1796: Napoleon Bonaparte wins a brilliant victory against the Austrians at Lodi bridge in Italy. 1857: The Bengal Army in India revolts against the British. 1861: Union troops and civilians riot in St. Louis. 1862: The Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee takes place. 1863: General Thomas J. Jackson dies of pneumonia a week after losing his arm when his own troops accidentally fired on him during the Battle of Chancellorsville. 1865: Union cavalry troops capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irvinville, Georgia. 1917: Allied ships get destroyer escorts to fend off German attacks in the Atlantic. 1940: As Germany invades Holland and Belgium, Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain. 1941: Englands House of Commons is destroyed during the worst of the London Blitz as 550 German bombers drop 100,000 incendiary bombs. |
