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
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
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 stops briefly at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, where the prisoners were
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 with a radar-guided AIM-7 missile. This shootdown was the last
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 contracted commercial flights fly 59 missions to carry over 1,400
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. A commemorative flight takes place on Jan 9.
1993: President George H. W. Bush and Soviet President Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II).
1942: Gen Henry H. Arnold establishes a new numbered Air Force, which later becomes Eighth Air Force. The Eighth sustains over 26,000 deaths in World War II, greater than the US Marines.
1929: THE QUESTION MARK. Through 7 January, to test inflight refueling and crew and aircraft endurance, Maj Carl A. Spaatz and crew fly the Question Mark, a modified Fokker C2-3 with a Wright 220 HP
1908: Wilbur Wright flies 77 miles in 2 hours 20 minutes 23 seconds at LeMans, France to set a record for duration and distance, winning the Michelin Trophy and $4,000.