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. Air Force marked an important first earlier this week when F-22 Raptors deployed to Clark Air Force Base, the first time U.S. fifth-generation fighters have ever deployed to the Philippines, the Air Force said. The F-22 deployment, which took place on March 13 and 14, comes as the…