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SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONS
1942 - Doolittle's Raid
1943 - Ploesti Raids
1945 - Bombings of Dresden
1948 - The Berlin Airlift
1962 - Operation Ranch Hand
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis
1965 - Operation Rolling Thunder
1965 - Operation Arc Light
1972 - Operation Linebacker I
1972 - Operation Linebacker II
1975 - Operation Babylift and Frequent Wind
1975 - Mayaguez Incident
1979 - Operation Eagle Claw
1983 - Operation Urgent Fury
1986 - Operation El Dorado Canyon
1990 - Operation Desert Shield Desert Storm
1991 - Operation Provide Comfort and Northern Watch
1991 - Operation Southern Watch
1992 - NATO Operation Sky Monitor
1993 - Operation Deny Flight
1995 - Operation Deliberate Force
1996 - Operation Desert Strike
1998 - Operation Desert Fox
1999 - Operation Allied Force
2000 - JTF Operaton Atlas Response
2001 - Operation Noble Eagle
2001 - Operation Enduring Freedom
2003 - Operation Iraqi Freedom
2005 - Hurricane Katrina Relief Operations
2011 - Operation Tomodachi
USAF Named Operations 1947-2006