He graduated from Wichita High School East in 1970 and earned a bachelor of science in astronautical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974.

The Qatar Emiri Air Force was formed in 1974, three years after achieving independence from Great Britain in 1971.

* 1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.

* 1974 – Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.

Similar protections were included in subsequent federal environmental laws, including the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 1974 ), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( 1976 ), Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ( through 1978 amendment to protect nuclear whistleblowers ), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ( CERCLA, or the Superfund Law ) ( 1980 ), and the Clean Air Act ( 1990 ).

Jones moved to the United States in 1974 on the advice of his accountant to avoid Britain's newly introduced 83 % marginal top rate of tax, buying Dean Martin's former mansion in the East Gate Old Bel Air in Los Angeles.

* 1971 – 1974 Lt. Gen. Gordon T. Gould, Jr., United States Air Force

* 1974 – 1978 Lt. Gen. Lee M. Paschall, United States Air Force

George Simon wrote the liner notes for eleven Miller reissues, among them: Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band, 1955, Glenn Miller On The Air, 1963, and Glenn Miller: A Legendary Performer, 1974.

In the 1970s, women began being permitted to fly in the United States Armed Forces for the first time since WWII, beginning with the Navy and the Army in 1974, and then the Air Force in 1976.

The system entered service in 1971 with the British Army, and 1974 with the Royal Air Force Regiment.

* USAF Special Air Warfire Center, 27 April 1962-1 July 1974

The former Hamilton Air Force Base is also located in Novato, but was decommissioned in 1974 and designated a Historic District in 1998.

In July 1974, the initial training of Minuteman missile combat crews, formerly performed by Air Training Command ( ATC ) instructors at Vandenberg AFB, California, was incorporated into the 4315th Combat Crew Training Squadron's Operational Readiness Training ( ORT ) program at Vandenberg.

Russell E. Dougherty, US Air Force General, Commander of Strategic Air Command from 1974 to 1977.

Aerial view of the U. S. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Warrenton, Oregon ( USA ), in 1974

* Lester C. McClelland, aircraft commander of Air Force One under Presidents Ford and Carter, 1974 – 1980 ; born September 25, 1932.

In late 1974, the Air Force announced plans to convert the 141st Fighter Interceptor Group of the Washington Air National Guard, an F-101 Voodoo unit at Geiger Field, to an air refueling mission with KC-135 aircraft.

BEA was chartered to continue its Malta operations, this time for Air Malta, until Air Malta's first flight on 1 April 1974.

Hnatyshyn was born and educated in Saskatchewan and also served in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets prior to being elected to the House of Commons in 1974, whereafter he served as a minister of the Crown in two non-successive governments until 1988.

* Police Force ( Jersey ) Law 1974

* 1974 – Thirty-three civilians are killed and over 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ) explodes car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.

Former directors include Maxwell L. Anderson ( 1998 – 2003 ), David A. Ross ( 1991 – 1997 ), Thomas Armstrong III ( 1974 – 1990 ), and Juliana Rieser Force ( 1931 – 1948 ).

In 1974, he graduated as a fighter pilot from the Israel Air Force ( IAF ) Flight School.

From August 1974 to July 1975, Onizuka attended the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School.

While recuperating, Stockley was replaced by keyboard player Mal Logan ( ex Healing Force, Carson ), who stayed on, after Stockley returned, until the end of 1974.

* Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, a 1974 book by Piers Paul Read which documented the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes mountains

Admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1967, he was appointed a Special Assistant Attorney General in 1969 and, in 1973, became the prosecutor of the Rhode Island Attorney General Department's Anti-Corruption Strike Force, a position he held until his first election as Mayor in 1974.

* Air Force One landed at the airport two times during the 2004 United States Election for nearby rallies in support of George W. Bush ( Air Force One also visited the airport in 1974 when then President Richard M. Nixon made a speech at the airport and arrived to give endorsement to James Sparling, a Congressional candidate ).

Before 1974, the land the airport sits on was largely owned by the United States Air Force, which operated an air force base there.

However, the Total Force Concept led to pressure to upgrade the reserve forces to front-line aircraft and beginning in 1974, new LTV A-7D Corsair II ground attack aircraft began to be sent to Air National Guard units directly from the manufacturing plant in Dallas.

* Life Force ( Peter Mellen, 1974, col., so., 26 min.

Hunt eventually spent 33 months in prison at the low-security Federal Prison Camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on a conspiracy charge, arriving there on April 25, 1975, and said he was bitter that he was sent to jail while Nixon was allowed to resign while avoiding prosecution for any crimes he may have committed, and was later fully pardoned in September, 1974, by incoming President Gerald Ford.

Ashes series have generally been played over five Test matches, although there have been four-match series ( 1938 ; 1975 ) and six-match series ( 1970 – 71 ; 1974 – 75 ; 1978 – 79 ; 1981 ; 1985 ; 1989 ; 1993 and 1997 ).

Smiling Buddha, formally designated as Pokhran-I, was the codename given to the Republic of India's first nuclear test explosion that took place at the long-constructed Indian Army base, Pokhran Test Range at Pokhran municipality, Rajasthan state on 18 May 1974 at 8: 05 a. m. ( IST ).

* Threshold Test Ban Treaty, signed 1974, entered into force 1990

* Pokhran-I ( Smiling Buddha ): On 18 May 1974 India detonated an 8 Kiloton nuclear device at Pokhran Test Range becoming the first nation to become nuclear capable outside the five permanent members of United Nations Security Council as well as dragging Pakistan along with it into a nuclear arms race with the Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto swearing to reciprocate India .< ref > The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Munir Ahmed Khan said that the test would force Pakistan to test its own nuclear bomb.

* Ted Bowley ( 1890 – 1974 ), English Test cricketer.

His English critics were placated when India returned in 1974 and Gavaskar scored 101 and 58 in the First Test at Old Trafford.

Gavaskar ’ s 1974 – 75 series against the West Indies was interrupted, playing in only the First and fifth and final Test of the series against the West Indies.

In 1974, he graduated from U. S. Naval Test Pilot School and was assigned to the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, to work on the A-6E TRAM and Cruise missile guidance systems.

He played his last Test in March 1974 at Queen's Park Oval against England.

The Borough Council and Andover Rural District Council were abolished in the local government reorganisation of 1974, and replaced by Test Valley Borough Council, which included the land down to the edge of Southampton in the south, quite a rural area apart from Andover.

The Lions team that toured South Africa in 1974 led by Willie John McBride was unbeaten over 22 games, and triumphed 3 – 0 ( with one drawn ) in the Test series.

Boycott has responded to these accusations by pointing out that Lillee had been out of cricket for 21 months suffering from a serious back complaint and that Thomson had not played in Tests for 23 months prior to the 1974 – 5 Ashes series, since an unsuccessful debut Test against Pakistan ( Thomson's match figures were 0 – 110 ).

Gould became Labour MP for Southampton Test in October 1974 and held the seat until 1979.

Ricky Thomas Ponting AO ( born 19 December 1974 ), nicknamed Punter, is an Australian cricketer, a former captain of the Australia national cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket.

Following test pilot training in 1974, he was project officer and test pilot for the A-7 and A-4 aircraft at the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate.

Evans Foundation Scholarship, 1970 ; University of Kansas Honor Scholarship, 1970 ; Summerfield Scholarship, 1970 – 1973 ; Veta B. Lear Award, 1970 ; Stranathan Award, 1972 ; Outstanding Physics Major Award, 1973 ; University of California Regents Fellowship, 1974 ; Group Achievement Award for software testing at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, 1981 ; NASA Outstanding Performance Award, 1981 ; NASA Superior Performance Award, 1981 ; Group Achievement Award for Second Orbiter Test and Checkout at Kennedy Space Center, 1982 ; Quality Increase, 1982 ; NASA Space Flight Medal ( 1984, 1986, 1990, 1997, 1999 ); Group Achievement Award for JSC Strategic Planning, 1987 ; NASA Exceptional Service Medal ( 1988, 1991 ); Special Achievement Award, 1988 ; Exceptional Service Medal for Return to Flight, 1988 ; Outstanding Leadership Medal, 1990 ; Special Achievement Award, 1990 ; Haley Flight Achievement Award, 1991 ; Kansan of the Year Award, 1992 ; Group Achievement Award for ESIG 3000 Integration Project, 1994 ; Presidential Rank Award ( 1994, 1999 ); Group Achievement Award for Space Shuttle Program Functional Workforce Review, 1995 ; Group Achievement Award for SFOC Contract Acquisition, 1997 ; Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame, 1997 ; University of Kansas Distinguished Service Citation, 1998 ; NASA Distinguished Service Medal ( 1998, 2000 ); Aviation Week & Space Technology Laurel Citation for Space, 1998, V. M.

He graduated from the U. S. Naval Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, in June 1974, and was assigned to the Naval Air Test Center's Carrier Suitability Branch of Flight Test Division.

He next attended the U. S. Naval Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, completing the Rotary Wing Test Pilot Course in 1974, and was then assigned as an experimental test pilot to the U. S. Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Grabe attended the USAF Test Pilot School in 1974 and, upon graduating in 1975, was assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center as a test pilot for the A-7 and F-111.