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- I’ve scanned a printed PDF copy of the 480th FS Activation Ceremony Program – for all those who were unable to attend the ceremony.
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- I enlarged the cover art in this picture in order to try and bring some clarity and detail back to it, after it had essentially been scanned twice before.
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- The Sequence of Events and a summary of the capabilities and performance of the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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- The 22d Fighter Squadron History page – which dates to December 22, 1939 as the 22d Pursuit Squadron.
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- The 480th Fighter Squadron History page – which dates to July 15, 1942 as the 480th Bombardment Squadron.
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- The 103d Pursuit Squadron History page – a.k.a. “The Lafayette Escadrille” – which dates to April 20, 1916.
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- The Air Force Song – “Off we go into the wild blue yonder…At ‘em boys, give ‘er the gun!…We live in fame or go down in flame…”
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- I added some additional Spangdahlem AB history to this post – starting with the earlier 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing patch.
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- This is an earlier 52nd Operations Group “Pizza Patch” – displaying the various Ops Group Squadrons at that time.
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- The 22nd Fighter Squadron patch prior to deactivation to become the 480th Fighter Squadron.
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- The 23rd Fighter Squadron patch prior to deactivation to become absorbed into the 22nd Fighter Squadron earlier this year.
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- A zap from the 480th Fighter Squadron prior to its deactivation in 1994.
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- The traditional 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron, “Great Warhawk Nation” TDY patch.
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- The 1980′s vintage 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron – “Great Warhawk Nation” patch…flying the F-4E/G Phantom II and the link back to the 480th “Gunfighters” at Da Nang during the Vietnam War.
