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August 5

• 1994 - USAF A-10 Thunderbolt IIs attack and destroy a Serbian anti-tank gun

• 1989 - Piedmont Airlines is merged into USAir.

• 1964 - US Navy aircraft attack North Vietnamese naval bases, spearheading direct US involvement in the Vietnam War.

• 1935 - Wiley Post, the first pilot to fly solo around the world, and his passenger Will Rogers are killed in a crash in Alaska.

• 1933 - 5-7 - Maurice Rossi and Paul Codes fly a Blériot 110 from New York to Rayal, Syria, establishing a new distance record of 9,104 km (5,657 miles).