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Betty Welsh is welcomed by Gail Murray, 66th Medical Squadron executive assistant, at the Hanscom Clinic as part of a base visit made with her husband, Air Force Chief of Staff Mark A. Welsh III, Nov. 7 and 8, 2013. During her visit, Welsh met with Hanscom Key Spouses, Airman and Family Readiness Center staff, school administrators and had lunch with spouses of senior leaders and deployed personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Linda LaBonte Britt)
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Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen signs autographs Nov. 9, 2013, at the South Texas Regional Airport, Hondo, Texas. Halvorsen participated in a re-enactment of Operation Little Vittles that took place during the Berlin Airlift, following World War II. Halvorsen and his crew dropped about 2,000 candy bars from a vintage C-47 Skytrain during the event.
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Children rush through a field picking up candy dropped from a vintage C-47 Skytrain Nov. 9, 2013, near the South Texas Regional Airport, Hondo, Texas. Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen re-enacted a candy drop known as Operation Little Vittles, a 15-month humanitarian mission that took place during the Berlin Airlift in 1948.
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Candy parachutes drop out of a vintage C-47 Skytrain Nov. 9, 2013, near the South Texas Regional Airport in Hondo, Texas. More than 250 members of the community and servicemembers participated in the event.
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Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen speaks in a hangar, at the South Texas Regional Airport Nov. 9, 2013, prior to the Berlin Airlift re-enactment in Hondo, Texas. More than 250 members of the community and servicemembers participated in the event.
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Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen, known as the “Candy Bomber,” and Heike Jackson wave prior to boarding a vintage C-47 Skytrain Nov. 9, 2013, at the South Texas Regional Airport in Hondo, Texas. A German native, Jackson was a child in Berlin when Halvorsen began the candy drop operation in 1948.
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Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen gives thumbs up to the crowd prior to boarding a vintage C-47 Skytrain Nov. 9, 2013, at the South Texas Regional Airport in Hondo, Texas. More than 250 community members and servicemembers attended the event which featured rides on vintage aircraft, performances from the Texas Children’s Choir, the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, and a candy drop.
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Airman 1st Class Devin Harris jumps to impede the vision of former U.S. Air Force Academy quarterback, 2nd Lt. Brian Lindsay during a game at the Academy Nov. 9, 2013. The game determined which base would have their name etched into the Rocky Mountain Regional Military Championship plaque. Harris is assigned to the 90th Maintenance Operations Squadron. Lindsay is the USAFA Prep School assistant football coach.
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Veterans and the public line the streets of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force with American flags and signs of support Nov. 09, 2013, during the Doolittle Toyko Raiders Memorial tribute in Dayton, Ohio. The tribute was held in honor of the last toast of the remaining Doolittle raiders.
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The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders paid tribute to their memorial at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 09, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. The remaining raiders shared in their final toast, commemorating their historic mission and fallen wingmen.
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Air Force Academy cadets lay a wreath during the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders memorial at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 09, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. The remaining Raiders paid tribute to their memorial and commemorated their historic mission and fallen wingmen during their final toast ceremony.
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The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders shared their last and final toast at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 09, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio.
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Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III took the podium before The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders shared their last and final toast at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 09, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio.
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Retired Col. Carroll "C.V" Glines took the podium before The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders shared their last and final toast at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 09, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. Glines is the historian for the Doolittle Raiders and a distinguished author.
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Retired Col. Carroll "C.V" Glines took the podium before The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders shared their last and final toast at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 09, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. Glines is the historian for the Doolittle Raiders and a distinguished author.
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An Afghan air force Mi-17 helicopter lands as part of an air assault exercise with members of the Kandahar Air Wing Security Forces Kandak Nov. 10, 2013, near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Members of the kandak conducted fly away training with NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan advisers from the 443rd and 441st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadrons. The 18-person class was taught the basics of air assault, including infiltration and exfiltration, unloading and loading from an aircraft and how to secure an aircraft.
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Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole opens the 1896 bottle of cognac before The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders shared their last and final toast at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 09, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. Cole was the copilot of Aircraft No. 1.
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Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III clap their hands after retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole opens the 1896 bottle of cognac during The Doolittle Raiders final toast at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 09, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio. Cole was the copilot of Aircraft No. 1.
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Air Force Academy cadets hand out a goblet to each Raider with their name on it during The Doolittle Raiders final toast at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Nov. 09, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio.
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