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March 10

• 1979 - The US Air Force sends E-3 Sentry aircraft to monitor the civil war in Yemen

• 1956 - Lt Cdr Peter Twiss sets a new airspeed record in the Fairey Delta FD.2, also becoming the first person to exceed 1,000 mph. His top speed is 1,132 mph (1,821 km/h).

• 1955 - Pakistan International Airlines is formed

• 1953 - Czechoslovakian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s shoot down a USAF F-86 Sabre in Czech airspace.

• 1948 - VF-5 becomes the first US Navy carrier squadron to be equipped with jets.

• 1944 - Icelandic airline Loftledir is formed.

• 1910 - Emil Aubrun makes the first night flights, in a Blériot Type IX at Villalugano, Argentina.