The Syrian airfield prepare for reception of military aircraft of China
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1992
JANUARY 17 The Air Force accepts delivery of the first production model T – 1AJayhawk to upgrade its fleet of training aircraft.
JANUARY 20-25 Continuing medical shortages in Mongolia result in another
C-5 Galaxy from the 60th Airlift Wing delivering 56 tons of supplies to Mongolia. They do so at the behest of the U. S. State Department to curry good relations with this former Soviet state.
JANUARY 30 The Air Force Satellite Control Network is handed off to the Air Force Space Command (AFSPACE – COM) to consolidate control of all Department of Defense satellites.
FEBRUARY 6 In Lithuania, four C-130 Hercules transports of the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing carry food and medical supplies to this former Soviet state.
February 10-29 provide hope I, a mass humanitarian mission to the new Commonwealth of Independent States, which replaced the now-defunct Soviet Union, unfolds as Air Force C-5 Galaxies and C-141 Starlifters fly in thousands of tons of food and medical supplies.
FEBRUARY 29 In Eastern Europe, Operation provide hope II commences as Air Force transports continue providing food and medicine to former states of the defunct Soviet Union.
MARCH 4 In Russia, two B-52 bombers land on a friendship mission land on an airfield for the first time since World War II.
MARCH 15 In Turkey, C-5 Galaxy and
C-130 Hercules aircraft transport 165 tons of medicine, blankets, clothing, and other supplies to the victims of a severe earthquake.
MARCH 19 Off the Alaskan coast, two Russian Tu-95 Bear aircraft are intercepted by F-15s for the first time since the demise of the Soviet Union.
MARCH 24 In Spain, the Air Force ends a 26-year tenure there once its final fighter aircraft return home.
April In Uzbekistan, five C-141 Starlifters deliver several tons of fire-fighting equipment after severe oil rig fires break out.
April 1 In Antarctica, a C-141 Starlifter from the 437th Airlift Wing delivers 155 barrels of aviation fuel by parachute to a joint U. S.-Russian ice station; the fuel is to be used by their helicopters.
April 17 C-141 Starlifters begin flying in
humanitarian aid to the former Yugoslavian states of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia as their regional, centralized economies begin constricting.
April 24 Off the coast of Peru, a C- 130H Hercules of the 310th Airlift Squadron is attacked in international airspace by Peruvian Su-22s. The shooting injures six crewmen and kills one, who was sucked out of the cabin at 14,500 feet. The crew makes an emergency landing in the damaged plane, winning a Mackay Trophy.
May 1-10 In Los Angeles, California, transports of the Military Airlift Command (MAC) convey troops and police to help quell an outbreak of racial violence.
MAY 3-4 In Sierra Leone, a military coup prompts C-141 Starlifters and C-130 aircraft to evacuate 350 citizens and foreign nationals from that West African nation.
May 7—8 In Russia, the Air Force
Reserve Command Band marches in a Moscow military parade.
MAY 12 The Air Force accepts delivery of Lockheed’s 2,000th C-130 Hercules, making it one of the most successful transports aviation in history.
JUNE 1 With the Cold War successfully concluded, the Air Force embarks on a major organizational overhaul. The Strategic Air Command (SAC), the Tactical Air Command (TAC), and the Military
Airlift Command (MAC) are immediately discontinued and replaced by the new Air Combat Command (ACC), to operate SAC’s bomber and missiles and TAC’s fighters, and the Air Mobility Command (AMC), which inherits MAC’s transports and SAC’s tanker aircraft.
The new United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is created by the Department of Defense to oversee U. S. nuclear forces and their long-range delivery systems; General George L. Butler, the final SAC commander, assumes control.
June 30 Transports of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), in accordance with President George H. W. Bush’s Nuclear Forces Initiative, begin withdrawing remaning stocks of nuclear artillery shells, Lance missile warheads, and nuclear depth charges from depots throughout Western Europe.
July 1 The former Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) are consolidated into a new entity, the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC).
July 1—March 15, 1996 In Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Operation provide promise unfolds as Air Mobility Command (AMC) transports deliver thousands of tons of medicine and food to inhabitants of that region.
AUGUST 2—20 In Kuwait, Operation intrinsic action commences as transports of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) bring Army reinforcements in response to recent threats made by Iraq.
AUGUST 12 In Angola, Air Mobility Command (AMC) transports conduct
Operation PROVIDE TRANSITION, flying thousands of demobilized soldiers home to participate in that nation’s first democratic elections.
AUGUST 18 In Iraq, Operation southern WATCH is established to keep Iraqi aircraft from flying above the 32-degree north latitude line.
August 21-December 9 In Somalia, Operation provide relief commences as transports of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) begin flying food, medicine, and other relief supplies to a region wracked by civil wars, drought, and famine. By February 28, 1993, over 3,000 missions are flown and deliver 23,000 tons of cargo.
August 25-October 28 In southern Florida, Homestead Air Force Base is so severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew that it is abandoned. The Air Mobility Command (AMC) also dispatches 13,500 relief workers and 21,000 tons of equipment and supplies in 724 sorties.
AUGUST 26 Over Iraq, Operation southern watch begins to enforce a nofly zone and prevent Iraqi aircraft flying below the 32nd parallel. This is necessary to prevent Saddam Hussein from attacking the Shia community residing in the southern marsh regions.
AUGUST 28 At Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, Air Force RF-4C Phantom II operations conclude when the 67th Reconnaissance Squadron is deactivated.
AUGUST 31 In Minsk, Byelorussia, an Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-141 Star – lifter transports 70 children stricken by cancer from the Chernobyl nuclear accident to Brussels, Belgium, for treatment.
September 1-25 On Guam, transports of the Air Mobility Command (AMC)
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convey 750 relief workers and 2,000 tons of supplies after a hard pounding by Typhoon Omar.
September 12-October 18 In Kauai, Hawaii, Air Mobility Command (AMC) and Air National Guard (ANG) transports perform 600 sorties to deliver 9,200 tons of relief supplies and 8,600 passengers after Typhoon Iniki ravages the area.
September 13—29 Transports of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) commence Operation impressive lift by conveying UN peacekeeping forces from Pakistan to Somalia, including 974 soldiers and 1,168 tons of equipment.
September 23—25 In Liberia, two C-
130 Hercules aircraft evacuate 96 Americans from impending civil strife.
October 25 In Tajikistan, a spate of
civil unrest in the former soviet republic prompts the arrival of an Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-141 Starlifter to evacuate citizens and foreign nationals.
November 4—11 In Armenia, the Air Mobility Command (AMC) dispatches five C-5 Galaxies and one C-141 Star – lifter with 236 tons of flour to relieve food shortages there.
November 30 Over Montana, disaster strikes once two C-141 Starlifters of the 62nd Airlift Wing collide during a nighttime air refueling mission.
December 4 Over Somalia, Operation restore hope unfolds as Air Mobility Command (AMC) transports commence the first of 1,000 airlift missions while Air Force Reserve crews perform an additional 190 sorties; all told, 50,000 passengers and 40,000 short tons of cargo are conveyed to the region.
December 6—20 In Islamabad, Pakistan, the Air Mobility Command (AMC) dispatches six C-5 Galaxies with 415 tons of engineering vehicles and supplies to combat severe flooding.
December 15 England Air Force Base, Eaker Air Force Base, and George Air Force Base are ordered closed as a costcutting measure.
December 16 The new McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III jet transport sets several world altitude records with payload.
A B-52 piloted by Captain Jeffrey R. Swegel, 668th Bomb Squadron, suddenly loses four engines on its left wing. By adroit flying two engines are restarted and the bomber makes a safe emergency landing; Swegel wins the Mackay Trophy for his efforts.
December 27 Over Iraq, an F-16C shoots down an Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat violating the UN no-fly zone; this is also the first aircraft destroyed by the new AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile, or “Slammer.”