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