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1910 – 1916:    Nation’s First Civilian Flight School:   Wright School of Aviation  Montgomery  

1917:               106th Aero Squadron Established (precursor to Alabama Air National Guard)

1920s:             Auburn University began teaching aviation (making its flight programs among the longest operating in the US)

1927:               Ruth Elder attempts Atlantic Crossing

1941:               Tuskegee Airmen Established 

1941:               Maxwell Airforce Base Established

1941:               Redstone Arsenal Established

1943:               Redstone Army Airfield Established

1946:               Maxwell Airforce Base Air University Established

1946:               Modern Alabama Air National Guard Established

1946:               Auburn Naval ROTC founded

1955:               Fort Novosel Army Aviation Center Established

1960:               Marshall Space Flight Center Established

1982:               Space Camp Established

2015:               Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility opened in Mobile

2018:               Red Tails:  Tuskegee Airmen visit 187th Fighter Wing 

2020:               Alabama Air National Guard chosen to receive F-35s

2020:               State’s First Student Built Airplane Completed  (B. C. Rain Students)