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Jan. 15, 1982 - SR-71B No. 956 flies its 1000th Sortie
Jan. 15, 1992 - U-2R No. 10332 crashed off coast of Korea, in Sea of Japan; Air Force pilot Marty McGregor killed
Jan. 15, 1991 - former President George H. W. Bush authorizes military action against Iraq
Jan. 16, 1991 - Military action begins at 2339 Zulu
Jan. 17, 1996 - Lt. Cols. Don Watkins and Jim Greenwood make solo flight in SR-
71A No. 971; 80,100 feet at Mach 3.25 for 2.5 hour, Sortie No. 105-22, from
Palmdale, Calif.
Jan. 17, 1991 - Maj. B. L. Bachus flies first border-crossing U-2 mission in
U-2 No. 1076 equipped with Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System
Jan. 17, 2001 - New cockpit procedures training facility opened in Building 1025
Jan. 17, 2005 - Civilian contract guards from SecTek-Dyn Corporation begin supplementing 9th Security Forces Squadron personnel guarding Beale gates
Jan. 18, 1975 - 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing won 15 Air Force Reconnaissance unit and Aircrew of Year awards
Jan. 18, 1966 - U-2R study presented to Air Force Program Office
Jan. 18, 1967 - The Air Force approves construction of three U-2Rs
Jan. 18, 1994 - After a devastating earthquake struck Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 17, the 9th Reconnaissance Wing responded quickly to a request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for both detailed and wide-area coverage of the region. On Jan. 18 a U-2 carrying an IRIS camera took detailed pictures of the damage. The following day another U-2 with an F-489 camera aboard provided the broad area coverage. Technicians from the 9th Intelligence Squadron then processed the film, working around the clock to have the photographs in the hands of FEMA officials within 24 hours. FEMA then asked the wing to fly another F-489 and two ASARS sorties over the area.
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