USAF C-130J #07-46312 from the 165 AS takes off from the Kentucky ANGB in Louisville on June 1, 2019, en route to France, where it will participate in the 75th-anniversary reenactment of D-Day. The aircraft, which has been striped with historically accurate Allied Forces livery, will airdrop U.S. Army paratroopers over Normandy on June 9 as part of the commemoration. [ANG photo by Dale Greer]
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News: Legacy Airlift Squadrons return to Normandy 75 years [2019-06-06]
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.
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