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French AF hosts parade to honor WWI pilot

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  • By TSgt Rasheen Douglas
  • 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
Combined Air Operations Center members stand in formation saluting the French Flag during the French National Day Parade September 14, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The parade was the commemoration of the death of WWI French pilot Capt Georges Guynemer, in Polkapelle, on September 11th, 1917. Since 1923, the French Air Force has organized a parade to start or close the day in remembrance of him. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rasheen Douglas)