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VCSAF describes airpower's key role in Pacific at Tinian symposium

Capt. Ron Poe climbs into the pit used to load atomic bombs onto B-29 Superfortresses at the end of World War II, while Lt. Col. Richard Pagliuco prepares to follow him, shortly before a wreath-laying ceremony Aug. 6, 2010, in Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. Both were invited by local officials to place unit coins in the bomb pit during a commemoration of Tinian's role in World War II. Colonel Pagliuco is the 20th Air Force deputy director of operations at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., and Captain Poe is the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Maintenance Unit officer in charge at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Sam Highley)

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