Happy Birthday USAF!

[oldmsgt]

Happy Birthday to the United States Air Force, 69 years old today!

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[SSI01]

Indeed, it is a glorious day, a red-letter day for us who have Worn the Blue!!!

[sbp]

And may she have many more....:very_drunk:......

sbp

[BoeingvsAirbusNKL]

It is a proud day indeed! HOORAH! :ernaehrung004:

[Allen]

Some one is lying. Remember back in 2003? The USAF was running ads daily claming they where 100 years old. The ad would end like the pic below but below "cross into the blue" was 1903 - 2003...

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It made me want to throw my shoes at the TV.

[SSI01]

If you wanted to stretch you could say its roots could be traced back to the balloons both sides used in the War Between the States. I think we could safely go back to, I think, 1905 when the Army bought its first airplane from the Wrights. As a separate organization from the Army, it's very definitely 1947. As an established and permanent part of the American armed forces, to include Army and Air Force, I think 1905 could be defended.

[Allen]

Maybe 1905-2005 but the ad was 1903-2003. Tried looking for the ad but can't find it.