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Operation Allied Force

A F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Aviano Air Base, Italy, as it departs for an NATO Operation Allied Force mission in the Balkans March 27, 1999. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Mitch Fuqua)
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Chief Murray at Airman Leadership School

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Gerald R. Murray mentors to students at the Aviano Air Base, Italy, Airman Leadership School. He talked with the students on the importance of professional military education and their future role as supervisors. (U.S. photo/Airman 1st Class Nichole Adamowicz)
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Top enlisted visits Vietnam

The Air Force's first Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, Paul Airey, [fifth from right] chats with Airmen Nov. 2, 1968 at the Noncommissioned Officers Club at Tuy Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam. The 31st Tactical Fighter Wing was the host unit at Tuy Hoa. (Courtesy photo)
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Operation Iraqi Freedom

1st Lt. Roseline Salazar and Staff Sgt. Philip Krug work on a tail fin assembly before assembling a joint direct attack munition at Balad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2005. Both Airmen are assigned to the 322nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron and deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shannon Kluge)
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F-100 Super Sabre over Tuy Hoa, Vietnam

An F-100 Super Sabre flies over the base at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam in 1967. (Courtesy photo)
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F-100F Super Sabre

A F-100 Super Sabre sits on the flightline at Homestead Air Force Base, Fla. The Super Sabre transferred to Aviano Air Base, Itlay, in 1994. (Courtesy photo)
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F-100D Super Sabre

A F-100D Super Sabre, assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing, is ready for flight on the Toul Air Base, France, flightline in the summer of 1959. (Courtesy photo)
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Operation Iraqi Freedom

Tech. Sgt. Michael Knight, deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy, and Staff Sgt. Jesse Gietzen, deployed from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., review technical orders before assembling a joint direct attack munition Oct. 9, 2005. Both Airmen are assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron at Balad Air Base, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shannon Kluge)
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Preparing for the mission

Senior Airman Gaylon Hardman (right), a crew chief with the 332rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, waits to assist F- 16 pilot Capt. Bart Wilbanks prepare for a combat mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Sept. 20, 2005. Both Airmen are from the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, and deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj Robert Couse-Baker)
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Controlling Aviano Air Base airspace

Italian and U.S. Air Force radar controllers, Staff Sgts. Marcello Zappia (left) and Matthew Sandner, communicate through a vast network of people and equipment within the radar approach control or RAPCON at Aviano Air Base, Italy, in June 2003. The RAPCON prevents the safe operation of aircraft in the base's air space, coordinates the movements of air traffic and minimizes the delay of aircraft traveling in and out of the airspace. Sergeant Sandner is assigned to the 31st Operations Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Isaac L. Freeman)
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Flightline maintenance at Aviano Air Base

Senior Airman Paul Laspino breaks down the F-16 Fighting Falcon right wheel well at Aviano Air Base, Italy, in May 2003. The "break down" is a pre-flight inspection performed by the crew chief to locate and correct hydraulic fluids, oil levels, nitrogen and the jet fuel starters if needed. Airman Laspino is a crew chief assigned to the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron . (U. S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st C lass Isaac L. Freeman)
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Setting up tent city in 1986

Two RED HORSE members begin setting up tents during 1986, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The base needed to set up a tent city for an incoming rotational deployment. (Courtesy photo)
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40th Tactical Group exercise in 1982

Two unidentified Airmen move an MK-82 general purpose bomb with a "snake eye" high-drag fin on a "Jammer" bomb lift truck during a January 1982 exercise at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (Courtesy photo)
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Exercise Lightning Response in 1986

U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters move "wounded" Airmen from Aviano Air Base, Italy to Vicenza, Italy during Exercise Lightning Response in 1986. Prevalent terrorist activity throughout the Mediterranean in the 1980s spurred U.S. Air Forces in Europe to revise its quick-response medical organizations. From June 3 through 12, Aviano Air Base hosted several U.S. Air Force and Army medical teams in responding to a simulated terrorist attack. (Courtesy photo)
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Operational exercise

An Airman from the 40th Tactical Group moves a MHU-12 trailer with AIM-9 Sidewinders (top) and AIM-7 Sparrows (bottom) during a January 1982 exercise at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (Courtesy photo)
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1978 Control Tower Operations

Senior Airman Bob Wisniewski directs air traffic control operations at Aviano Air Base, Italy in 1978 as Lt. Col. Gene DiBartolo, the 40th Tactical Control Group's deputy commander watches. An F-4 Phantom is seen in the control tower window. (Courtesy photo)
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31st Fighter Wing deployment in 2005

Medics and doctors from the 31st Medical Group deployed to Southwest Asia pause for a group photo after receiving a shipment of blood plasma. These Airmen were assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group in 2005. (Courtesy photo)
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Protecting the 2006 Olympics

Two NATO E-3 AWACS sit on the new south ramp at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The NATO aircraft were providing overflight protection for the Winter Olympics at Torino, Italy in 2006. (Courtesy photo)
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31st Fighter Wing deployment in 2005

Capt. Jadee Bell and two unidentified members of the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment flight stand in front of one of their loaders ata forward location in Southwest Asia in 2005. (Courtesy photo)
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31st Fighter Wing deployment in 2005

Kneeling (left to right): Airman 1st Class Jacob Barlow, Staff Sgt. Tina Jones, Senior Airman Franklin Velasco and standing (left to right): 1st. Lt. Karen Barth, Capt. Christopher Workinger, Staff Sgt. Mark Schumacher, Airman 1st Class Josh Coronado and 1st Lt. Matthew Bratsburg take a break at their deployed location. The Airmen were from the 31st Operations Support Squadron Intelligence Flight which deployed to Southwest Asia from May to September 2005. (Courtesy photo)
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