operation frequent wind (1975)
the largest helicopter evacuation in history, moving more than 7,000 people out of saigon in roughly 24 hours. flight decks became so crowded that crews pushed helicopters overboard to make room for incoming aircraft.
on december 1, 1984, NASA and the FAA conducted the controlled impact demonstration, intentionally crashing an unmanned, remote-controlled boeing 720 at edwards air force base's rogers dry lake.
the arrest of former yugoslav president
slobodan milosevic (2001)
serbian authorities raided his villa in the dedinje district of belgrade. the arrest followed a tense, 30-40 hour standoff between hundreds of riot police and milosevic's armed bodyguards.
