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 U.S. has deployed key new electronic warfare aircraft overseas that would be critical for a large-scale operation against Iran as President Donald Trump publicly weighs resuming a full-scale air campaign. Two EA-37A Compass Call electronic attack aircraft deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., to RAF Fairford, U.K.