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Yokota Air Base bids fond farewell to C-9s
(EXCERPT) , By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Tuesday, September 9, 2003 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Pilots, maintainers, flight nurses and aeromedical technicians here are quietly bidding farewell to a plane that has a long and storied history in the Pacific theater. The vintage C-9A Nightingale has flown over Pacific waters since 1972, when the birds were first assigned to Clark Air Base, Philippines. In 1989, three of the modified Boeing DC-9s were transferred to Yokota Air Base and a fourth was later added, accord... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 08 Sep 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=17411 --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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