 
C-9 Nightingale
1960s -- The C-9 Nightingale flew special aeromedical evacuation missions. The aircraft deployed August 1968 and its medical mission was retired August 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Posted: 7/27/2004
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C-9 Nightingale
1960s -- The C-9 Nightingale flew special aeromedical evacuation missions. The aircraft deployed August 1968 and its medical mission was retired August 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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C-9 Nightingale
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Posted: 7/27/2004
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HC-130
1960s -- The HC-130 is a combat search and rescue version of the C-130 Hercules transport. The aircraft joined the Air Force inventory in 1964. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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HC-130
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Posted: 7/27/2004
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Museum receives 11,000-pound stone roller from China
DAYTON, Ohio -- U.S. Air Force Museum technician Roberta Carothers measures a recently donated stone roller before its display in the museum's air power gallery. The stone roller was used to compress gravel for runways as long as 8,500 feet in Kunming, China. The runways were used by the Flying Tigers and other aircraft during World War II. (U.S Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Gailyn F. Whitman)
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Posted: 6/29/2004
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Tiger by the tale
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Airman 1st Class John Purser sits in a vintage P-40 Warhawk in a hangar here during a Flying Tiger reunion June 1 to 6. The Flying Tigers were originally known as the American Volunteer Group that was recruited in 1941 to help China defeat Japan. The group's Chinese supporters referred to them as the Flying Tigers, and the Tigers evolved into the 23rd Fighter Group in 1942. Airman Purser is assigned to the 23rd Maintenance Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cassandra J. Locke)
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Posted: 6/10/2004
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Flight nurses remembered
WORLD WAR II -- Although the role of the flight surgeon was developed in World War I, it was not until November 1942, when the School of Air Evacuation opened at Bowman Field, Ky., that the flight surgeon's counterpart -- the flight nurse -- became a member of the medical flight team. Before World War II, no care was provided to wounded Soldiers during evacuation flights. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 6/8/2004
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Living legends
NUTHAMPSTEAD, England -- Aircraft mechanics with the 398th Bombardment Group change a B-17 Flying Fortress engine here. During the group's stay in England from May 1944 to April 1945, the 398th flew 195 missions and lost 292 men and 70 B-17 aircraft in combat. (Courtesy photo)
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Living legends
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Posted: 6/7/2004
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