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Friday, March 20, 2009

Today in Air Force History

March 20, 1959

The site in Cheyenne Mountain, Colo., was approved as the location for NORAD.

March 20, 1966

The 43rd Bombardment Missile Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., received the first KC-135Q. It was an A model modified to carry the special fuel for the SR-71 Blackbird.

March 20, 1967

U.S. Air Forces in Europe released nine bases in France to the Military Liquidation Section under Project Fast Relocations.

--Air Force

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