September 30

1949 – The Berlin Airlift is officially halted after 277,264 flights.

- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/berlin_airlift.htm

1954 – The first atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, is commissioned in Groton, Connecticut.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus_(Verne)

September 27

1956 – The U.S. Air Force Bell X-2, the world’s fastest and highest-flying plane, crashes, killing the test pilot.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-2

September 26

1580 – Sir Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England, aboard the Golden Hind, after a 33-month voyage to circumvent the globe.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hind

1941 – The U.S. Army establishes the Military Police Corps.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Police_Corps

September 24

1960 -The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)

1970 – The Soviet Luna 16 lands, completing the first unmanned round trip to the moon.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_16

September 22

1947 – A Douglas C-54 Skymaster makes the first automatic pilot flight over the Atlantic.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster

September 20

1965 – Seven U.S. planes are downed in one day over Vietnam: Republic Aircraft’s F-105 Thunderchief, better known as the ‘Thud,’ was the Air Force’s warhorse in Vietnam.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-105_Thunderchief

September 17

1959 – The X-15 rocket plane makes its first flight.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15