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455th AEW Photos

Phantom Reporter

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Capt. Robert Atkinson, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing bioenvironmental engineer, said the anniversary reminds him of, “It signified that Air Power was important enough to make it its own branch. If we had stayed with the army, they would have tried to put wings on tanks.Tanks with wings would be way too slow, Ha ha!” Captain Atkinson is deployed from Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo/Second Lieutenant Kidron Vestal)

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