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Veterans visited Iwo Jima

Crew Chief Staff Sgt. Anthony Belesi, cuts open dry K-rations huddled under a canopy blanket beneath the Wing of his 7th Air Force P-51 fighter on Iwo Jima. Mechanics remained on the flight line 14 hours from dawn to dark with no shelter. (U. S. Air Force file photo)

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Veterans visit Iwo Jima memorial

Cyril O'Brian takes notes during a visit to the Heritage Museum March 1, 2010, at Andersen Air Force Base Guam. Mr. O'Brian was a combat correspondent on Iwo Jima and Guam during World War II and is touring the area during the 65th anniversary of Iwo Jima. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jamie Lessard)

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History comes alive

Don Gum, Wright "B" Flyer pilot, taxis a replica down the MacArthur Parade Ground at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, during the Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration event March 2, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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First women fliers

Senior Airman Jennie R. Lane admires a Women Airforce Service Pilots poster with newly obtained autographs from the WASP exhibit booth Feb. 27, 2010, during the Women in Aviation International 2010 conference in Orlando, Fla. Airman Lane is a maintenance technician assigned to the 4th Combat Camera Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Dawn M. Price)

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"Yellow Bird"

Wright "B" Flyer "Yellow Bird" comes to life with the help of crew chief Frank Goepferich (center), fire guard Ken Painter (left) and pilot Don Gum at the controls at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 27, 2010. Volunteers from the Wright "B" Flyer Inc. assembled two Flyers in San Antonio for the Centennial of Military Aviation event held March 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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'Yellow Bird'

With the Ford Model A engine warmed up and propellers were spinning behind him, Don Gum was ready to taxi the Wright "B" Flyer "Yellow Bird" on the parade grounds at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 27, 2010. Volunteers from the Wright "B" Flyer Inc. assembled two Flyers in San Antonio for the Centennial of Military Aviation event held March 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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"Yellow Bird"

Volunteers from Wright "B" Flyer Inc. assemble "Yellow Bird" at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 27, 2010. The replica was in San Antonio for the Centennial of Military Aviation event held March 2. The "Yellow Bird" is the more authentic reproduction featuring a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers. The wood and tension cables give the frame strength and light weight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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"Yellow Bird"

Frank Goepferich attaches the right dual wheel assembly to the undercarriage on "Yellow Bird," a Wright "B" Flyer, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb, 27, 2010. Volunteers from Wright "B" Flyer Inc. assembled two Flyers in San Antonio for the Centennial of Military Aviation event held March 2. The "Yellow Bird" is the more authentic reproduction featuring a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers while the "Brown Bird" has a metal frame and modern engine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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"Yellow Bird"

Frank Goepferich tightens a structural cable to the under carriage on "Yellow Bird," a Wright "B" Flyer, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb, 27, 2010. Volunteers from Wright "B" Flyer Inc. assembled two Flyers in San Antonio for the Centennial of Military Aviation event held March 2. The "Yellow Bird" is the more authentic reproduction featuring a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers while the "Brown Bird" has a metal frame and modern engine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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"Yellow Bird"

John Kennedy attaches structural cables on "Yellow Bird," a Wright "B" Flyer, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb, 27, 2010. Volunteers from Wright "B" Flyer Inc. assembled two Flyers in San Antonio for the Centennial of Military Aviation event held March 2. The "Yellow Bird" is the more authentic reproduction featuring a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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"Yellow Bird"

An early Army-style hat lies on the lower wing of a Wright "B" Flyer at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 27, 2010, "Yellow Bird" is one of two flyers brought from Ohio to San Antonio to commemorate the Centennial of Military Aviation. The aircraft is the most authentic reproduction of the two and features a wooden frame, Ford Model-A engine and hand carved propellers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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Military, civilians celebrate 100 years of military flight

Amanda Wright Lane, great grandniece of the Wright Brothers, takes a ride with Don Gum down the Fort Sam Houston Parade Ground in San Antonio March 2, 2010, during the Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration event. Mr. Gum is a Wright "B" Flyer pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Military, civilians celebrate 100 years of military flight

Don Gum, Wright "B" Flyer pilot, taxis a replica down the MacArthur Parade Ground at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, during the Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration event March 2, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Military, civilians celebrate 100 years of military flight

Don Gum, a Wright "B" Flyer pilot, taxis the "Yellow Bird" down the Fort Sam Houston parade ground March 2, 2010, during the Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Military, civilians celebrate 100 years of military flight

Don Gum, pilot of this Wright "B" Flyer, stands before the aircraft before taxiing down the Fort Sam Houston parade ground during the Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration March 2, 2010, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Military, civilians celebrate 100 years of military flight

Members of the Texas Military Forces Museum, who are dressed in replica Army uniforms of 1910, render a salute during the opening ceremonies of the Fort Sam Houston Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration March 2, 2010 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Gray shares legacy of Buffalo Soldiers

Airmen wearing the uniforms of Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War, through the Vietnam War time frame serve as live models at the Living Legends Banquet Museum Feb. 19, 2010, at the Sheppard Air Force Base community center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Litteken)

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Buffalo Solider legacy shared at Sheppard

Trooper Fred Gray speaks at the Living Legends Banquet Museum Feb. 19, 2010, at the Sheppard Air Force Base. Trooper Gray is the former president of the Lawton-Fort Sill Chapter of the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Association of the Buffalo Soldiers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Litteken)

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Remembering the Tuskegee Airmen

Lt. Col. Lee Archer died Jan. 27, 2010, at the age of 90. He was a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen and flew some 169 combat missions during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christine Jones)

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Wright Brothers

After donning a costume reminiscent of the turn of the century, Brig. Gen. Paul Sampson tells the story of Dayton, Ohio's most famous inventors, Wilbur and Orville Wright, during a ceremony Dec. 17, 2009, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The general was keynote speaker for a ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight. Brig. Gen. Sampson is mobilization assistant to the commander of Aeronautical Systems Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bonnie White)

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