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.
Poor event planning and staffing contributed to a fatal mishap last April at Kadena Air Base, Japan, when rotor wash from an HH-60W helicopter knocked over a Japanese teacher from a Department of Defense Education Activity school attending a public aerial demonstration, according to an Air Force investigation.
