Pilot Socks
Description: Converted and redesignated 22 December 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Aviation Battalion Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Aviation Battalion Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Aviation Battalion Reorganized and redesignated 21 June 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Aviation Battalion Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Aviation Battalion Inactivated 16 October 1988 in Korea Redesignated 16 January 1996 as the 52d Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System
Description: Scramjet engines are an integral part of the future of aerospace and aviation. Used for hypersonic flight (Mach numbers greater than 5) ramjets and scramjets have no moving parts and rely on the speed of the vehicle to compress and ignite the air. From space planes to hypersonic missiles, scramjets are the next big aerospace revolution!
Description: The original Blackbird was designated the A-12 and made its first flight on April 30, 1962. The single-seat A-12 soon evolved into the larger SR-71, which added a second seat for a Reconnaissance Systems Officer and carried more fuel than the A-12. The SR-71's first flight was on December 22, 1964.
