2.  More than 6,000 pilots received some form of B-17 flight training at Lockbourne during the WWII years, including 17 women who were selected to participate in the Women Airforce Service Pilots program known by its acronym of WASP.

3.  Lockbourne was once under consideration to serve as the home of the United States Air Force Academy.  Colorado Springs in Colorado was eventually selected. 

7.  The McDonnell F-101B Voodoo was the fastest aircraft ever to be permanently  assigned to Rickenbacker.  Flying with the 87th Fighter Interceptor Squadron from      1960 to 1968, the Voodoo was equipped with nuclear tipped sidewinder missiles that      could be fired at incoming Soviet bomber aircraft in mid-flight as a means of last resort.  The Voodoo routinely exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.

6.  Lockbourne would host the mission of Electronic Warfare during the 1950s and 1960s.  The mission would include two specific tactics.  One in which large amounts of metallic chaff were dropped from high altitudes and another by which special officers located in the belly of B-47 aircraft would operate a series of electronic instruments in-flight while approaching bombing targets.  Both tactics would seek to interrupt and deceive enemy radar systems.  

5.  Some of the most dangerous reconnaissance missions launched by SAC during the 1950s originated from Lockbourne.  Strategic Reconnaissance missions flown over Soviet-controlled airspace would frequently result in the scrambling of Soviet MiG fighter jets and a race for the border of international airspace.

4.  Historians today widely credit the leadership of Base Commander Col. Benjamin Davis (1946–1949) with influencing the decision of President Harry Truman to issue racial integration orders for the Armed Forces in 1948. Lockbourne would ultimately serve as the final home of the Tuskegee Airmen.

1.  Plans to locate an Army airfield near the village of Lockbourne, Ohio,  was in the planning stages months prior to the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941.

8.  Lockbourne would serve as a major training center for C-130 aircrews during the     Vietnam War.  The C-130 provided troop and cargo transport capabilities from short-field runways, services that were widely utilized throughout the Southeast Asia theater.

9.  Lyndon Johnson became the first sitting U.S. President to visit Lockbourne when he  arrived onboard Air Force One in May of 1964.  Johnson arrived to launch his “War      on Poverty” initiative for the Appalachian region.  The campaign commenced at Ohio     University in Athens.

10.  Rickenbacker has served as a home to the mission of midair refueling since 1951.  This vital mission was fulfilled by components of SAC until 1979.  The Ohio Air    National Guard has fulfilled the mission continuously from Rickenbacker since 1971       with the 121st Air Refueling Wing anchoring the facility since 1993.