Portal:Aviation/Historical anniversaries/May in aviation/May 12
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- 2004 - The last F-4 Phantom fighters are withdrawn from service with the Israeli Air Force.
- 1960 - a USAF C-130 Hercules drops a record 35,000 lb (15,876 kg) by parachute.
- 1952 - Sqn Ldr P. G. Fisher makes the first non-stop, unrefuelled flight from England to Australia in an English Electric Canberra bomber in a record 23 hours 5 minutes.
- 1938 - the US Navy commissions its sixth aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise.
