Wikipedia article of the day for August 21, 2026

The Wikipedia article of the day for August 21, 2026 is Stanley Goble.
Stanley Goble (21 August 1891 – 24 July 1948) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) who served three terms as Chief of the Air Staff. During World War I, Goble flew fighters on the Western Front with the British Royal Naval Air Service. He became an ace with ten victories, commanded No. 5 Squadron, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Service Cross. In 1924, he and fellow RAAF pilot Ivor McIntyre became the first men to circumnavigate Australia by air, journeying 13,600 km (8,450 mi) in a single-engined floatplane. On an exchange posting to Britain in the 1930s, Goble led No. 2 (Bomber) Group RAF. As Chief of the Air Staff at the onset of World War II, he clashed with the Australian Government over the implementation of the Empire Air Training Scheme. He stepped down as leader of the RAAF, and spent the rest of the war in Ottawa as air liaison officer to Canada. Goble died in 1948, two years after retiring from the military.