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Bombers make history: ‘Secret Squirrel’ members recount mission, presented air medals

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Dawkins, Jr., 8th Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander, speaks during the 28th Anniversary Reunion of Operation Secret Surprise at the National Mighty Eighth Museum in Savannah, Ga., Jan. 19, 2019. At the start of Desert Shield, August 1990, a select group of aircrew and maintainers from the 596th Bomb Squadron were briefed about the conventional air launch cruise missiles. Those members would go on to support Operation Secret Surprise, launching the first combat sorties for the liberation of Kuwait in Support of Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke Hill)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Luke Hill
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