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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1962:
Events
January
- US Army CH-21 Shawnees are dispatched to Vietnam, the first US military aircraft to be deployed there
- January 10-11 – a B-52 Stratofortress is flown from Okinawa to Madrid, establishing a new distance record of 12,532 miles (20,168 km)
- January 24 – two US Navy F-4 Phantoms are seconded to the US Air Force as the air force plans to adopt the type.
February
- February 20 – John Glenn becomes the first US astronaut to orbit the earth in Mercury 6
April
- the US Marine Corps arrives in Vietnam
July
- July 7 – a Soviet Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-152 sets a new airspeed record of 2,681 km/h (1,666 mph)
- July 25 – the US Army forms its first armed helicopter company, using UH-1 Hueys
October
- October 14 – a US Air Force Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance flight over Cuba reveals the presence of launchpads for Medium Range Ballistic Missiles, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis
- October 24 – aircraft carriers USS Enterprise, USS Independence, USS Essex, and USS Randolph take part in blockading Cuba.
- October 26 – the last B-52 off the production line is delivered to the US Air Force
- October 27 – a USAF U-2 is shot down over Cuba
December
- December 8 – British troops are airlifted to Borneo to quell uprisings in the region
First flights
January
- January 9 – Hawker Siddley Trident
April
- April 14 – Bristol Type 188
June
August
- August 13 – Hawker Siddeley HS.125 G-ARYA
October
- October 12 – Dassault Balzac (tethered flight)
- October 28 – Westland Wasp
December
- December 7 – AĆ©rospatiale Super Frelon
- December 22 – Lockheed A-12
Entered service
March
- March 18 – Convair CV-990 with American Airlines
June
- McDonnell F4H-1 with US Marine Corps VMF(AW)-314
July
- July 1 – Boeing Vertol 107 with New York Airways
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