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Modern day AF, page 2 Sky never the limit, page 3 World War I, page 4 Korea, page 5 Vietnam, page 6
Gulf War, page 10 GWOT, page 18
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SPIKES HONOR WWII PILOT
See Page 14
Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham
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Snippets of U. S. Air Force history are scattered throughout the pages of the Sep- tember 2017 edition of Thunderbolt. Com- piled by Stuart Ibber- son, Aerotech News & Review editor.
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