October - USAF moves aircraft and troops to Gulf region in response to Iraq's Saddam Hussein's movement of 90,000 troops towards border of Kuwait. Iraqi troops then withdraw. AMC airlifts six pallets of equipment and medical supplies as well as 40 men and women to teach hospital personnel in Donetsk, Russia, how to use the equipment. 2 June - Capt. On 8 June he was rescued by 40 members of the 24th U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit from USS Kearsarge, on station in the Adriatic Sea.
Crew sets unofficial records for fastest time in weight class, and fastest in refueled class.
13 August - AMC aircrews airlift 75 tons of food to Zagreb, Croatia, for distribution to victims of Bosnian civil war. 30 August - Operation Deliberate Force begins. U.S.-led NATO bombing campaign in Bosnia in response to 28 August Bosnian Serb mortar attack that kills 36 civilians at outdoor market. It is suspended on 14 September. 7 September - AMC airlifts gas turbine generators to Incirlik AB, Turkey, to provide electrical power for Kurdish refugees living in northern Iraq.