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Yesterday's Air Force: F-104 Starfighter
This episode of Yesterday's Air Force looks at the F-104 Starfighter. It was a technological marvel when it first took to the sky in the 1950s. It broke a number of records and was used by many air forces around the world. The F-104 had a long service life; it wasn't retired from active service with the Italian Air Force until 2004.
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4/04
2017
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Around the Air Force: April 22
This look around the Air Force features a special centennial celebration in Paris and Airmen at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, break a world record.
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4/22
2016
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Yesterday’s Air Force: Cheyenne Mountain
Since April 20, 1966, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado has been protecting the skies over North America. The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is near Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and falls under Air Force Space Command.
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4/19
2016
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Yesterday’s Air Force: Women Air Force Service Pilots
Women Air Force Service Pilots left a legacy that inspires even today. Their contributions during World War II were invaluable.
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3/29
2016
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Yesterday’s Air Force: Operation Tomodachi
Operation Tomodachi was the U.S. and Japanese response to the devastation brought by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, and tsunami, that struck off the coast of Japan. Airmen from all over the Pacific helped in the recovery efforts.
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3
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3/11
2016
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Yesterday's Air Force: Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.
Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. was the Air Force’s first African-American four-star general. He trained Tuskegee Airmen and even faced former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi at Wheelus Air Force Base, Libya.
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2/26
2016
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Yesterday's Air Force: Reverse Lend-Lease
The logistics of war are complicated and having the right aircraft at the right place and time is a key to victory. At the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War II the Reverse Lend-Lease program set the U.S. up for success.
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12/02
2015
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Yesterday’s Air Force: HH-3E
Getting stranded behind enemy lines is a concern during every combat mission and one aircraft set the standard for combat search and rescue during the Vietnam War -- the Sikorsky HH-3E.
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10/22
2015
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Yesterday’s Air Force: The U-2, Gary Powers incident
During an intelligence-gathering mission, flown by Capt. Francis Gary Powers, over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960, the Soviets fired surface-to-air missiles at his U-2.
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10/15
2015
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Yesterday’s Air Force: Flak-Bait
During World War II, Martine B-26 Marauders dropped thousands of bombs and one of those aircraft survived more missions and dropped more bombs than any other — the Flak-Bait.
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9/24
2015
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