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353:IX Troop Carrier Command
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364:101st Airborne Division
342:I Troop Carrier Command
308:United States Air Force
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206:Operation Market Garden
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2964:IX Air Defense
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2886:Weston Zoyland
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2798:
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2756:Holmsley South
2753:
2748:
2743:
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2723:
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2691:Chipping Ongar
2688:
2683:
2678:
2673:
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2663:
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2641:Barkston Heath
2638:
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1824:
1819:
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1795:
1790:
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1778:Airman's Creed
1775:
1773:Air Force Band
1770:
1763:
1757:Army Air Corps
1738:
1732:
1730:
1724:
1723:
1721:
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1710:
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1694:
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1665:Basic Training
1662:
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1607:Specialty Code
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1399:USAFE–AFAFRICA
1396:
1391:
1386:
1381:
1376:
1371:
1366:
1361:
1355:
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1351:Major commands
1347:
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1187:
1185:Chief of Staff
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637:RAF Bottesford
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586:
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574:
573:, 6 March 1947
568:
560:
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548:
547:on 1 July 1967
541:
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522:on 26 May 1952
515:
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485:on 25 May 1943
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188:Flying Vikings
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119:
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58:September 2017
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3473:
3472:
3470:
3468:Night fighter
3466:
3460:
3457:
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3451:
3449:
3445:
3442:
3438:
3428:
3425:
3423:
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3344:
3341:
3339:
3336:
3334:
3331:
3329:
3326:
3324:
3321:
3320:
3318:
3316:Troop carrier
3314:
3308:
3307:474th Fighter
3305:
3303:
3302:406th Fighter
3300:
3298:
3297:405th Fighter
3295:
3293:
3292:404th Fighter
3290:
3288:
3285:
3283:
3282:371st Fighter
3280:
3278:
3277:370th Fighter
3275:
3273:
3272:368th Fighter
3270:
3268:
3267:367th Fighter
3265:
3263:
3262:366th Fighter
3260:
3258:
3255:
3253:
3250:
3248:
3247:365th Fighter
3245:
3243:
3242:358th Fighter
3240:
3238:
3237:354th Fighter
3235:
3233:
3232:324th Fighter
3230:
3228:
3225:
3223:
3220:
3218:
3215:
3213:
3210:
3208:
3205:
3204:
3202:
3198:
3192:
3189:
3187:
3184:
3182:
3179:
3177:
3174:
3172:
3169:
3167:
3164:
3162:
3159:
3157:
3154:
3152:
3149:
3147:
3144:
3142:
3139:
3137:
3134:
3132:
3129:
3127:
3124:
3122:
3119:
3118:
3116:
3112:
3109:
3105:
3095:
3092:
3090:
3087:
3085:
3082:
3081:
3079:
3077:Troop carrier
3075:
3069:
3066:
3064:
3063:100th Fighter
3061:
3059:
3056:
3054:
3051:
3049:
3046:
3044:
3041:
3039:
3036:
3035:
3033:
3029:
3023:
3020:
3018:
3015:
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3009:
3007:
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2996:
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2987:
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2834:
2832:
2829:
2827:
2824:
2822:
2819:
2817:
2814:
2812:
2811:Middle Wallop
2809:
2807:
2804:
2802:
2799:
2797:
2794:
2792:
2789:
2787:
2786:Little Walden
2784:
2782:
2779:
2777:
2774:
2772:
2769:
2767:
2764:
2762:
2759:
2757:
2754:
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2652:
2649:
2647:
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2637:
2634:
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2629:
2627:
2626:Andrews Field
2624:
2622:
2619:
2617:
2614:
2613:
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2607:
2601:
2598:
2596:
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2478:
2475:
2473:
2470:
2468:
2465:
2463:
2462:Castel Benito
2460:
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2212:
2209:
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2177:
2174:
2173:
2171:
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2065:
2062:
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2057:
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2042:
2041:
2039:
2037:Air Refueling
2035:
2032:
2028:
2022:
2019:
2018:
2016:
2012:
2006:
2003:
2001:
1998:
1996:
1993:
1991:
1990:Niagara Falls
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1930:Twenty-Second
1928:
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1917:
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1893:
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1848:
1847:
1844:
1838:
1835:
1833:
1830:
1828:
1825:
1823:
1820:
1818:
1817:Air Force Two
1814:
1813:Air Force One
1811:
1809:
1806:
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1579:
1577:
1573:Personnel and
1571:
1561:
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1554:
1550:
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1513:
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1509:
1503:
1502:Twenty-Second
1500:
1498:
1495:
1493:
1490:
1488:
1485:
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1478:
1475:
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1470:
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1348:
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1339:
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1334:
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1329:
1328:
1326:
1322:
1316:
1315:Installations
1313:
1311:
1308:
1306:
1303:
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1298:
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