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July 6

• 1992 - the final F-4 Phantom IIs are retired from Royal Air Force service.

• 1980 - the largest light airplane meet outside the United States brings 750 small planes to the Popular Flying Associations annual meeting in Leicester.

• 1951 - aerial refueling is used under combat conditions for the first time, with a KB-29 Superfortress refueling four RF-80 Shooting Stars over North Korea

• 1948 - the US Navy's first two carrier-based AEW squadrons are formed, VAW-1 and VAW-2.

• 1939 - Olga Klepikowa sets a world record by flying a glider 746 km (466 miles) from Moscow to Otradnoje.

• 1915 - Lt Oswald Boelcke claims his first victory, a Blériot Parasol, while flying an Albatros C.I two-seater with Lt von Wühlisch as the observer & gunner.