Portal:Aviation/Anniversaries/June 9
- 1996 - the Swedish Air Force opens a new pilot training centre at Såtenäs
- 1938 - the Nicaraguan Air Force is formed as the Fuerza Aérea de la Guarda Nacional.
- 1928 - Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew make the first flight across the Pacific Ocean in the Fokker F.VIIb-3m Southern Cross. They left Oakland, California on May 31 and reach Brisbane via Honolulu and Fiji. The flight takes 83 hours.