Operation Uphold Democracy begins. Air Force airlifters transport U.S. military forces to Haiti to restore the country’s democratically elected president and stem the flow of Haitian refugees to the US.
The nation needs a better-coordinated policy for dealing with unmanned aerial systems that threaten domestic bases, Air Force vice chief of staff Gen. James C. Slife told a panel of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He and Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief William LaPlante co-chair a panel looking at counter-UAS…