Gen. John Jumper, Air Force Chief of Staff, authorizes deactivation of the Peacekeeper ICBM, originally designed to carry 10 independently targeted warheads.
The U.S., South Korea, and Japan flew an unusual trilateral flight with two U.S. B-52H Stratofortress bombers escorted by two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s, and two ROK Air Force KF-16 fighters—both countries’ respective variants of the F-16—July 11. That same weekend, the top military officers of the three nations…