On This Day in Aviation History Space Shuttle Discovery’s First
Flight: August 30 in Aviation History Tags: Avro Vulcan, Boeing
737-200, Cameroon Airlines Flight 786, Conviasa, Fairchild
F-27B, Lockheed Martin, LOT Flight 165, NAMC YS-11, Northrop
F-20 Tigershark, plane crashes, Republic F-84 Thunderjet, Space
Shuttle Discovery, Tupolev Tu-22, Wien Air Alaska Flight 89
1995: NATO forces launch Operation Deliberate Force, an air
campaign to damage the Bosnian Serb Army in Bosnia during the
Bosnian War. Over the following month, 3515 sorties were flown
targeting 338 individual targets. 400 planes were used from
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom
and the United States. 1994: Lockheed and Martin Marietta
announce their merger plans. Lockheed Martin is formally created
a year later. 1984: Space Shuttle Discovery makes its maiden
spaceflight on mission STS-41-D. 1984: Cameroon Airlines Flight
786, a Boeing 737-200 (TJ-CBD),