Us Department Of The Air Force

Events (48)

• October 6, 1948: B-29 Crashes in Georgia; Subsequent Lawsuit Becomes Focus of Government’s ‘State Secrets Privilege’ Assertion 1948-10-06
• October 12-18, 1948: Initial News Reports Tell of Crash Flight’s Secret Mission 1948-10-12
• October 18, 1948: Report Raises Possibility of Pilot Error for ‘Banshee’ Crash; Air Force Denies Possibility 1948-10-18
• June 21, 1949: B-29 ‘Banshee’ Widows Sue Government, Ask to See Accident Reports 1949-06-21
• July 26, 1950: Judge Orders Accident Reports Given to Plaintiffs’ Lawyers; Air Force Refuses 1950-07-26
• August 7-8, 1950: Justice Department Argues ‘National Security’ Trumps ‘Judicial Authority’ in Accident Report Argument 1950-08-07
• September 14, 1950: Air Force Reduces Classification Status of Disputed Accident Reports 1950-09-14
• October 21, 1952: Supreme Court Hears Opening Arguments in ‘US v Reynolds’ 1952-10-21
• August 7, 1990: ’Operation Desert Shield’ Begins; First US Forces Deploy in Saudi Arabia to Protect Large Oil Field 1990-08-07
• January 16, 1991 and After: ’Operation Desert Storm’: US Launches Massive Air Assault against Iraq 1991-01-16
• February 26-March 2, 1991: Thousands of Retreating Iraqis Slaughtered 1991-03-02
• September 7-8, 2001: High Level Air Force Discussions Call for Dismantling NORAD’s Alert Sites 2001-09-07
• 1:00 p.m. September 11, 2001: Temporary Air Force Operations Center Set Up at Bolling Air Force Base 2001-09-11
• 11:28 a.m.-11:50 a.m. September 11, 2001: Reports Suggest Passenger Plane Shot Down by Military 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Officer Calls Pentagon Intelligence Center, but It Has No Information on Flight 11 Hijacking 2001-09-11
• (9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Top Air Force Officials Learn of Attacks on WTC, Yet Continue with Scheduled Meeting 2001-09-11
• (9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Force Crisis Action Team Activated 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:04 a.m. and 9:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Military Cell Activated at FAA Command Center 2001-09-11
• After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Force Crisis Action Team Responds to Attacks 2001-09-11
• (9:54 a.m.-6:54 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush and His Entourage Have Difficulty Following Events on TV due to the Poor Reception on Air Force One 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001: Air Force Utilizes New Radar Command Center; Device Overcomes Vulnerabilities Seen on 9/11 2001-09-12
• September 14-26, 2001: Former Head of Pakistani Intelligence Says Bin Laden Not Responsible for 9/11, Blames Israel and US 2001-09-14
• September 14, 2001: Air National Guard Director Provides Chronology of Military Response to the 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-14
• September 15-17, 2001: Media Reports Suggest Some Hijackers Received US Military Training 2001-09-15
• September 18, 2002: 9/11 Victims’ Relatives Raise Questions about US Agencies’ Conduct 2002-09-18
• February 6, 2003: JAG Officer Protests Justice Department Approval of Torture 2003-02-06
• February 26, 2003: Families of Slain Civilians in ‘Reynolds’ Case Ask Supreme Court to ‘Remedy Fraud’ of Original Verdict 2003-02-26
• Early Morning August 29, 2005: Florida Air Force Unit to FEMA: Ready to Deploy 2005-08-29
• Between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm August 29, 2005: FEMA Briefs White House Officials, Emphasizes Flooding, Storm Surge Concerns 2005-08-29
• November 30, 2008: Former Interrogator Harshly Critical of US Torture Practices 2008-11-30
• February 22, 2009: Army Emergency Relief Organization Hoarding Funds Intended to Help Distressed Army Families 2009-02-22
• January 1996: Air Force Declassifies ‘Banshee’ Accident Report
• March 2003-May 2003: Bush Makes Empty Air Strike Threat against North Korea
• Late June 2001: CIA Holds Exercises to Consider Killing Bin Laden Using an Armed Drone
• Mid-August 1990: US Air Force Official Determines Coordinates Used to Plot Strikes against Iraqi Targets
• September 2009: Air Force Loses Control of Drone over Afghanistan, Shoots It Down
• October 2004: Cheney Attempts to Place JAG Corps under Political Control Again
• November 2002: Military Legal Experts Cite Concerns with ‘Enhanced Interrogation Methods’ Based on SERE Training
• 1957: Air Force Sociologist: Torture Techniques Successfully ‘Brainwashed’ Prisoners
• 1994: US Air Force Launches Top-Secret ‘Holographic Projector’ Research Program
• 1996-1997: Ptech Begins to Get US Government Contracts
• 1998: Atta Possibly Trains at Base Conducting Pilotless Aircraft Exercises
• Late November, 1948: RCA Asks to See Classified Accident Reports from Banshee Crash, Air Force Refuses
• May 2002: Equipment Intecepting Al-Qaeda Communications In Afghanistan Arena Is Sent to Iraq
• 1981-1988: Reagan Administration Gives Covert Support to Iraq Against Iran
• September 2004: Air Force On Alert to Assault Countries With WMDs
• January 2005: Air Force Flying Sorties Over Iran In Attempt to Target Iranian Radar Systems
• June 2007: US Air Force Plans for Massive Three-Day Air Strike Against Iran