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107TH AIRLIFT WING BIDS REMAINING VETERAN TANKER AIRCRAFT GOODBYE

The National Guard issued the following news release:

The New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing flew its last tanker mission on June 22 bidding farewell to its only remaining KC-135R Stratotanker and ending its legacy as an air refueling wing.

Col. Patrick D. Ginavan, commander of the 107th Airlift Wing, piloted the aircraft on its final New York Air National Guard mission. "It's been a great mission for the past 14 years," he said. "The 107th will embrace our new mission with the same professionalism and enthusiasm as we have with past conversions. We look forward to our new mission as an airlift wing and have already successfully flown our first C-130 mission."

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