1960
	15 March	Having moved from Davis-Monthan, the 43rd Bombardment Wing was formed at Carswell AFB, TX as the first unit to operate the B-58 Hustler.
	1 May	CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down in a Lockheed U-2C over Sverdlovsk, Russia. This event put a stop to further overflights of the Soviet Union by U-2's.
	7 May	The Soviet Union and Cuba establish diplomatic relations.
	June	The relationship between the Soviet Union and China worsened because Nikita Khrushchev criticised the Chinese leaders in public and discontinued economical en military support.
	1 july	An ERB-47H Stratojet of the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing was shot down by a Soviet Mig-17, while operating in international airspace over the Barents sea. Of the six-man crew, four were killed, both the pilot and navigator were held by the russians as spies.
	1 august	The first B-58 Hustler unit, the 43rd Bomb Wing, was declared operational.
	september	The first large Soviet Bloc arms shipment arrives in Cuba. Soon afterward, Czech and Soviet technicians are reportedly assisting the Cuban military in assembling equipment and installing weapons such as anti-aircraft batteries. Soviet B loc personnel also begin to be employed as military instructors, advisers and technicians.
	18 september	A B-58A Hustler (58-1015) was flown from Fort Worth, TX to Bakersfield, CA at a height of between 100 ft and 500 ft and at a speed that did not drop below 690 mph, to demonstrate the low-altitude mission capabilities of the normally high-flying supersonic bomber.
	13 october	Castro announced the expropriation of large industrial enterprises belonging to the Cuban "bourgeoisie," as well as all banks, Cuban and foreign, except those owned by Canadians. (He knew that Canada resented U.S. domination of certain Canadian industries and wanted to keep a door open for aid from Western sympathizers).
	19 october	The U.S. government banned the export of all American goods to Cuba, except for non-subsidized foodstuffs, medicines, and medical supplies.
	9 november	The imaginary missile backlog was an important issue in the neck and neck elections between vice president Richard Nixon and the 43 years old Democrat John F. Kennedy. Kennedy, who surrounded himself with a just as youthfull cabinet, was determined to breathe new life into American politics after what he regarded as years of lethargy of Eisenhower. Even after he found out the true potential of the Russian missile force, he raised the budget for the Strategic Air Command, the new land based missiles and the newer submarine based missiles which were invulnerable against Soviet strikes. Within two years of his assumption of duties he absolutely would needed the security of his nuclear weapons.