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Millennial Moment

SOUTHWEST ASIA -Maj. Patrick Hudson, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, completes 1000 hours of flight in the U-2 and is presented a commemorative patch upon landing Aug. 24. Major Hudson is deployed from Beale AFB, Calif., and was raised in Fayette, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr)

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Millennial Moment

SOUTHWEST ASIA -A U-2 aircraft from the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, lands after a night mission Aug. 21. The U-2 is a high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft routinely flown at altitudes over 70,000 feet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr)

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Millennial Moment

SOUTHWEST ASIA -Maj. Patrick Hudson, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, lands a U-2 aircraft Aug. 21. Major Hudson completed his 1000th hour of flight in the U-2 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr)

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Millennial Moment

380th – SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Maj. Patrick Hudson taxis a U-2 aircraft to a parking spot Aug. 24 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Major Hudson is assigned to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, and completed his 1,000th hour of flight in the U-2 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr.)

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Millennial Moment

Published Aug. 26, 2009