To support UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, AMC airlifters and tankers began moving US forces to predeployment locations to await the President’s order to invade Haiti. Airlifters carried an invasion force toward Haiti on 18 September, when former President James E. Carter and his delegation convinced the Haitian dictator to step aside and thus avert the attack. AMC aircraft then delivered US troops and equipment to Port-au-Prince where they joined a multinational peacekeeping effort under Operation MAINTAIN DEMOCRACY. From 8 September through 31 December 1994, AMC completed 1,528 airlift missions and 92 tanker missions to support the operations. (USAF Image)