First U.S. Airborne Hydrogen Bomb Dropped Over Bikini Atoll May 20, 1956
In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
Date: May 20, 1956
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