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Legacy Airlift Squadrons return to Normandy 75 years Jun 06, 2019 - W7. Q9. E5. 6Z. These may just seem like letters and numbers to some. But these were the letters and numbers painted on the noses of Douglas C-47 Dakota units to identify which squadron the aircraft belonged to. With accompanying white and black invasion stripes painted on the wings and tail, the allied forces were easily identifiable, as they began the largest seaborne invasion in history, storming the beaches of Normandy on June 6th, 1944. [Read more...]	Kentucky Air Guard C-130s to fly in 75th Anniversary of D-Day May 31, 2019 - “This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that’s the way it’s going to be. We’re going down there, and we’re throwing everything we have into it, and we’re going to make it a success.” [Read more...]

Ramstein C-130Js with ‘invasion stripes’ head to Normandy for 75th D-Day anniversary May 29, 2019 - The 37th Airlift Squadron sent three C-130Js to France on Wednesday decked out with a new paint scheme. [Read more...]	74 years later, spirit of D-Day lives on Jun 06, 2018 - "Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: you are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." [Read more...]
Flying Jennies take part in D-Day 72nd anniversary events Jun 06, 2016 - C-130J Super Hercules aircraft flew over many towns, villages and historical sites near Normandy, France, on June 3 in honor of the 72nd anniversary of the D-Day invasion. [Read more...]	ANG commemorate 70th Anniv. of Market Garden in the Netherlands Sep 18, 2014 - A total of four C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 165th Airlift Wing, Georgia ANG and 123rd Airlift Wing, Kentucky ANG dropped a mix of 360 U.S., British, Dutch and Polish paratroopers over fields near Groesbeek, Netherlands, to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden. [Read more...]

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