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Flight Photos for 1947

1947 Flight Photos


On 12 July 1947 21,765 base personnel formed the Army Air Force insignia for the famous San Antonio photogropher, E.O. Goldbeck. Two months later on 18 September, the Air Force was born as a separate service.