Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/June in aviation/June 17
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- 1991 - Alaska Airlines commences services to the Soviet Union
- 1965 - US Navy fighters from VF-21 shoot down two North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s
- 1947 - Pan Am begins a New York to San Francisco service flying west-to-east around almost the entire globe.
- 1928 - Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1916 - the first French ace, Jean Navarre, is shot down and wounded, ending his combat career with 12 confirmed kills.
