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Article: Making history ... again: 442nd Fighter Wing carries on proud tradition established during World War II.(Cover Story)
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- Citizen Airman
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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The 442nd Fighter Wing made history last April when it became the first U.S. Air Force fighter unit to forward-deploy into Iraq to open Tallil Air Base near the ancient Babylonian city of Ur as an Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition base of operations.
The A-10 Thunderbolt II wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., made history again less than a month later when it became the first U.S. fighter unit to forward-deploy a second time and open yet another base, Kirkuk AB in northern Iraq.
While these actions were indeed groundbreaking for this generation of 442nd FW reservists, it was a case of history repeating itself for a wing with a record of taking the ...