Portal:Timeline/IW

A timeline of events from Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

1903

December 17th

Orville and Wilbur Wright created the first plane that can fly known as the Wright Flyer.

1914

January 7th

The 1st Aero Squadron is formed.

July 28th

World War I begins.

October 5th

Voisin III becomes the first plane to shoot down enemy aircraft.

Between 1914 and 1918

Several dogfights continue throughout the war.
The Fokker E.I plane becomes the first plane with a machine gun.
Manfred von Richthofen gets the nickname "The Red Baron" and wins 79-80 battles during WWI.

1917

July 5th

The Fokker Dr.I plane is created.

1918

November 11th

World War I ends.

1926

March 16th

Robert H. Goddard creates and sells liquid rocket fuel.

1927

May 21st

Charles Lindbergh reaches transatlantic flight with his plane the Spirit of St. Louis.

1932

May 20th

Amelia Earhart becomes the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

1936

March 5th

The Supermarine Spitfire makes its first flight.

1939

April 1st

The Mitsubishi Zero makes its first flight.

September 1st

World War II begins.

1940

October 26th

The P-51 Mustang makes its first flight.

1942

July 18th

The Messerschmitt 262 becomes the first jet-powered plane.

1944

September 8th

The V2 Rocket becomes the first artificial object to reach space.

1945

Unknown

Operation Paperclip is created and recruits former Nazi scientists for building rockets.

September 2nd

World War II ends.

1946

January 19th

The X-1 makes its first flight.

1947

March 12th

President Truman signs the Truman Doctrine, beginning the Cold War.

October 1st

The F-86 Sabre makes its first flight and becomes the first subsonic jet.

October 14th

Chuck Yeager becomes the first pilot to break the sound barrier.

December 30th

The MiG-15 makes its first flight.

1948

February 4th

The D-558-II makes its first flight.

1953

November 20th

Scott Crossfield becomes the first pilot to reach Mach 2

1956

February 14th

The MiG-21 makes its first flight.

December 26th

The F-106 makes its first flight.

1958

May 27th

The F4 makes its first flight.

July 29th

NASA is founded.

1959

February 6th

The Titan-I rocket makes its first flight.

June 8th

The X-15 makes its first flight.

1960

Unknown

Earth's population reaches 3 Billion.

1961

April 12th

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human to reach space.
The Vostok-I becomes the first rocket to successfully reach space.

November 9th

Robert White becomes the first pilot to reach Mach 6.

1962

August 27th

The Mariner-II is launched.

1967

June 10th

The MiG-23 makes its first flight and becomes the first Soviet jet equipped with look down/shoot down radar tech.

November 9th

The Saturn V makes its first flight.

1969

March 3rd

The Top Gun Program is established after radar guided missiles become difficult to maneuver from.

July 24th

Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to land on the moon.
The Apollo 11 becomes the first spacecraft to land on the moon.

1970

December 21st

The F-14 makes its first flight.

1977

August 20th

The Voyager-II is launched.

September 5th

The Voyager-I is launched.

1981

April 12th

The STS-I is launched.

1991

December 26th

The Soviet Union collapses, ending the Cold War.

1997

July 4th

The Sojourner lands on Mars.

1998

November 20th

The ISS is launched.

2004

January 4th

The first of the two Exploration Rovers known as Spirit lands on Mars.

January 10th

The second of the two Exploration Rovers known as Opportunity lands on Mars.

2011

October 31st

Earth's population reaches 7 billion.

2012

August 6th

The Curiosity lands on mars.

Pre-Secession Wars

The F-155 makes its first flight.
The F-188 makes its first flight.
The F-222 makes its first flight.
The F-356 makes its first flight.
Air-to-air battles peak for air dominance.
Dogfighting decreases in exchange for drones and long range attacks.
The GQ-1 is created.
The GQ-8 is created.
The FR-12 is created.
The X31-BCZ is launched.
The SSO RVLV is launched.
Unmanned drones become preferred over manned jets.
The OP37 makes its first flight.
The F/A-27C makes its first flight.
The F/A-ZZ makes its first flight.
The XC40-C is launched.
The XC450-CF is launched.
Earth's population reaches 16 billion.
XRB-333 Reusable Space Cargo/Bomber makes its first flight.
- It's equipped with hybrid rocket engine refinement that allow single stage to stage orbit.
- Detectable boosters are still used.
Due to a resource crisis and a dwindling atmosphere, the United Nations ignite a massive wave of off-world colonization to resolve these issues. Most planets and moons within the Sol System are colonized.
Mars is colonized by a multi-national and a private contracted effort.
- Mars population reaches 100 million.
The first Space Elevator Dock is completed and Large Scale Rapid Prototyping lowers cost for space vehicles.
The MSQ-4 Series is introduced.
- First module is a small reusable cargo craft modified for Mars commute.
- Second and third module are smaller space craft developed to defend and observe fleets from competition.
The Space Renaissance begins as political conflicts decline to focus on global resources.
Entreprenuers enter competition for market share speed developments.
- Hundreds of space resources companies are reduced to a few.
- Space corporations merge, buy, and sabotage each other.
- Within 55 years, 32 companies become 3.
The Space Cargo Carrier Series is introduced.
- The 2nd GEN carriers are fitted with weapons for defense.
- FTL Drives are introduced, reducing interstellar travel times from months to days.
- The 3rd GEN FTL energy efficiency reduces travel from days to minutes.
- The 4th GEN FTL Drive reduces the size and energy requirements, reducing travel from days to seconds.
Mars population reaches 900 million.
Earth population reaches 30 billion.
After a drone hacking incident, manned fighters return.
- Special Combat Air Recon (SCAR) is established.
The Manned S-JSF Multi-purpose Fighters from Atmosphere/Sphere makes its first flight.
Settlement Defense Front is established to maintain martial law in off-world territories.

Secession Wars

The SDF refuses to ship cargo to Earth and goes on strike and Earth sends troops to apply pressure.
- One young soldier accidentally fires and kills an SDF Soldier and the Mars Massacre happens in retaliation.
- SDF declares war on the nations of Earth, igniting the Secession Wars.
Sgt. Omar's father survives two plane crashes in the battle for Deimos.

1 ASW (After Secession Wars)

After a year of fighting, Earth and SDF's political leaders meet on Pluto's moon, Charon, to negotiate the Charon Accords. This ultimately brings an end to the Secession Wars, whilst limiting both sides' abilities to expand further into the solar system.
SDF secures Mars's sovereignty through the Accords

Sometime between 1 and 31 ASW

The nations of Earth and their colonies band together to form the UNSA to regulate the trade of resources with the SDF and SATO is formed as a deterrent against SDF's military might.
Ignoring the Charon Accords, SDF begins to expand into the UNSA controlled Neptune and Uranus Clusters, killing numerous UNSA civilians in the process.
Captain Audrey "Mac" MaCallum resigns from her position as the Captain of Retribution, deeming herself unfit.
Captain John Alder becomes the captain of Retribution

30 ASW

Further violating the Charon Accords, SDF captures the UNSA controlled Saturn Cluster and its vital refueling stations.

31 ASW

May 6th

Operation Riah begins.
SDF launches an attack on a UNSA black site on Europa, retrieving data on the SPAR project.
- SCAR Team 7, namely Dan "Wolf" Lyall, Tee, Sipes and Reaper try to prevent this, but failed. Reaper is shot down and the others are executed.

May 7th

Fleet Week begins within UNSA.
- Petty Officer First Class E3N "Ethan", a battle robot with human emotions, is presented to Lieutenant Nick Reyes and Nora Salter.
Riah hijack the AATIS guns in Geneva, crippling much of the UNSA fleet as SDF ships appear.
- After a brief skirmish, the guns are secured back into SATO grasp and SDF sleeper-cell Riah is captured.
- SATO fleet engages SDF fleet in ship-to-ship combat outside Earth's atmosphere.
- After destroying the attacking fleet, Olympus Mons arrives and destroys most of the SATO fleet.
  - Captain John Alder of UNSA Retribution rammed his vessel into Olympus Mons, causing damage to both vessels, forcing the Mons to retreat; Alder is killed due to the impact.
  - Lieutenant Nick Reyes is promoted to the rank of Commander by Admiral Raines and became the new captain of Retribution.
Concurrent with the assault on Earth, SDF launches an attack on the Lunar Gateway.
- SATO launches Operation Port Armor and successfully retakes the port.
  - After taking back the port, SATO Forces engaged Ares Vallis and destroyed the ship.
    - Captain Bradley Fillion is killed during the breach.
    - Using Bradley's ID Card, the SATO Force managed to gain info about the SDF Ships' positions.
In Operation Taken Dagger, SCAR Team 1 and Marines rescued several engineers captured and retrieved the P-LAW.
- Captain Lieutenant Radoslav Barkov was killed.
In Operation Phoenix, SCAR Team 1 and Marines managed to take an SDF Prototype Skelter.
- Junior Lieutenant Cesar Magana was killed by Reyes along with his co-pilot as he boards the Prototype Skelter.
- During the dogfight, Captain Taras Emin, Major Nicholas Rado, and Colonel Young Kim were taken down by Reyes.
In Operation D-Con, SCAR Team 1 and Marines breached the SDS Hellas and secured a chemical weapon, before destroying the ship and the rest of those weapons.
- Before being boarded, Lieutenant Rulon Raymond and Serozh Sarkisyan engaged SCAR team in a dogfight but were taken down.
- Vice Admiral Vlad Derhachov was killed as his ship exploded.
In Operation Deep Execute, SCAR Team 1 took out Vice Admiral Caleb Thies and Captain 1st Ranks Oren Emin and Khosi Siyada.
- Junior Lieutenant Andrew Hawryluk is killed in a gunfight.
- Senior Lieutenant Omar Gatica and Lieutenant Matthew Tovar are killed in a dogfight.
UNSA launches Operation Burn Water on Titan and successfully destroys the SDF's critical refueling stations.
The quarry on Vesta-3 has been interfered by SDF, turning its robot workers against the men.
Operation Dark Quarry takes place to rescue the facility's workers.
- SCAR team and the Marines managed to save the majority of the workers.
- One of the workers, Lee, failed to board the ship on time. Staff Sergeant Usef Omar tried to rescue that worker but failed to do so. This results in both of them incinerated by the daylight on Vesta-3.
- Corporal Sean Brooks is promoted to the rank of Sergeant by Captain Nick Reyes and is given command over all Marines aboard the Retribution, in place of Omar.
Back to Retribution, the attack on Tigris by Olympus Mons is reported to Captain Reyes.
Moments later, it is confirmed that the Tigris is destroyed, and all its crew is K.I.A.
After Operation Burn Water, Operation Sudden Death was conducted in surprise and takes out 5 SDF A-JAK Cutters and several Skelters.
- Lieutenant Colonel Damien Nichols and Lieutenant Sergio Gil were killed in a dogfight.

May 8th

SATO launches Operation Black Flag in an attempt to lure the SDF fleet into the AATIS array.
- The prisoner escort is compromised, Akeel Min Riah escapes.
- Nick Reyes tracks him down the city and corners him on the top of the annex. However, Riah is ready for this and counterattacks Reyes.
- Riah destroys the ATTIS guns, cuts his Transponder out and destroys it, but ultimately dies.
SDF fleet arrives, the Olympus Mons destroys the UNSA HQ, killing Admiral Raines.
SCAR Team One hijacks Olympus Mons and successfully take control of it.
- Admiral Salen Kotch is killed by Captain Nick Reyes.
SATO launches Operation Blood Storm in an attempt to cripple the SDF war effort by attacking Tharsis Shipyard. Using the Olympus Mons, now affiliated with SATO, to ram into the shipyard.
- The Olympus Mons manages to cripple several SDF ships, before being overrun.
- The Retribution loses its altitude, and gets into the path of Olympus Mons; Reyes ordered the Mons to dodge and saves the Retribution.
- Both ships crash land on Mars.
The crew managed to regroup and carries on the last mission: Destroy the Shipyard.
- Due to the air interceptions' presence, the crew will have to use the elevator to get on.
  - Lieutenant Victor "Gator" Diallo is killed during the ground fight.
- The crew fights through and successfully reaches the elevator. The Marines hold off while SCAR team heads up the elevator.
  - Chief Warrant Officer Maynard "Griff" Griffin provides a holding action to buy his teammates more time and is killed.
- Mid-way, an ambush from SDF is anticipated, so Reyes, Lieutenant Nora Salter, and Lieutenant Commander Audrey "Mac" MaCallum dispatch to destroy the ambush.
  - Mid-way through the dispatch, the trio come across a robot capsule, so they decide to disable it.
  - Mac is caught by the bot in the pods after she saves Reyes, and is caught in an explosion they planted, preventing the exploded pod, and further pods, from reaching the battlefield below.
- The crew reaches the Shipyard safely. All crew members, except Ethan and Reyes, board a weapon-disabled SDF Destroyer in an attempt to escape the shipyard after destroying it.
Tharisis Shipyard is destroyed, along with much of the SDF fleet. This came at the cost of many SATO's men.
- Ethan self-destructs on Reyes' command, unlocking the docking clamps of the SDF Destroyer while Reyes unlocks the weapons systems from the shipyard's control room.
- Captain Nick Reyes executed his final order on Salter to fire on his position, causing him to float in space. Debris hits his helmet, breaking it, and making Reyes suffocate to death.
- Possible Pyrrhic victory of the SATO