January 17, 1991
1991: War begins in the Persian Gulf. Operation Desert Shield becomes Operation Desert Storm. More than 1,200 combat sorties are flown, and 106 cruise missiles ...
January 16, 1991
1991: Operation Secret Squirrel. The 2d Bomb Wing at Barksdale sends B-52Gs at 0636 local time to Iraq; they launch 35 cruise missiles on 17 ...
January 14, 1943
1 1943: The Casablanca Conference opens. Plans for a combined bomber offensive against Germany are established. Lt Gen Ira C. Eaker promotes a daylight-bombing offensive ...
January 15, 1950
1950: General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold dies of a heart ailment at Sonoma, CA.
January 11, 1944
1944: MEDAL OF HONOR. For valorous service this date, Lt Col James H. Howard receives the medal. Citation: http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2795/howard-james-h.php
January 10, 2002
2002: Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. A C-17 departs Kandahar with the first 20 Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners on a trip to Guantanamo Bay. The C-17 ...
January 9, 1943
1943: First flight of the Lockheed C-121 (XC-69) Super Constellation.
January 8, 1973
1973: LAST AERIAL VICTORY. In their F-4D Phantom 65-0796, Capt Paul D. Howman and 1Lt Lawrence W. Kullman shoot down a MiG southwest of Hanoi ...
January 7, 1995
1995: Operation UNITAF/UNISOM II. Through 24 March, Air Mobility Command supports the withdrawal of United Nations forces from Somalia. Altogether, Air Mobility Command’s airlifters and ...
January 4, 1996
1996: Operation Provide Promise, regarded as the longest sustained humanitarian airlift in history, ends. USAF flies 4,597 of the 12,895 sorties to Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...