Remembering The Air Force General Who Helped Usher In The M16 Rifle

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Posted October 2, 2017 12:08 pm by Comments

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Airman First Class Ray Wilkerson, a crew chief from the 113th Maintenance unit tests sight alignment adjustments during a M16-A2 qualifications course July 16, 2011, at the combat arms training and maintenance center Joint Base Andrews, Md. Airman from the 113th practice and qualify with the M16-A2 July 16, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photos/Tech Sgt. Gareth Buckland/Released)

By Jason J. Brown, former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant
Note: This article was originally posted on NRA Blog

Airman First Class Ray Wilkerson, a crew chief from the 113th Maintenance unit tests sight alignment adjustments during a M16-A2 qualifications course July 16, 2011, at the combat arms training and maintenance center Joint Base Andrews, Md. Airman from the 113th practice and qualify with the M16-A2 July 16, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photos/Tech Sgt. Gareth Buckland/Released)

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USA -(Ammoland.com)- September 18 marked 70 years since the official founding of the U.S. Air Force. While the military had purchased its first aircraft in 1909, a mere six years after the Wright Brothers’ milestone successful flight at Kitty Hawk, it wasn’t until after the U.S. Army had sent thousands of Airmen and aircrafts into battle in two World Wars that President Harry Truman, seeing the undeniable significance of airpower in fighting and winning, signed the National Security Act, establishing the Air Force as an independent branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.

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