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BOSSIER CITY, La. - Members of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters, 608th Air and Space Operations Center and 608th Air Communications Squadron stand in formation for a reveille ceremony at the Cyber Innovation Center in celebration of the Air Force’s 64th birthday Sept. 16. Sixty-four years ago, President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the United States Air Force as a separate military service. Since Sept. 18, 1947, the U.S. Air Force – through its Airmen and technology – has played a key role in the defense of the U.S., maintenance of peace and humanitarian operations around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)
BOSSIER CITY, La. – Col. Russ Mathers, Eighth Air Force chief of staff, talks to members of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters, 608th Air and Space Operations Center and 608th Air Communications Squadron after a reveille ceremony at the Cyber Innovation Center in celebration of the Air Force’s 64th birthday Sept. 16. Sixty-four years ago, President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the United States Air Force as a separate military service. Since Sept. 18, 1947, the U.S. Air Force – through its Airmen and technology – has played a key role in the defense of the U.S., maintenance of peace and humanitarian operations around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Members of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters, 608th Air and Space Operations Center and 608th Air Communications Squadron salute the U.S. flag during a reveille ceremony at the Cyber Innovation Center in celebration of the Air Force’s 64th birthday Sept. 16. Sixty-four years ago, President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the United States Air Force as a separate military service. Since Sept. 18, 1947, the U.S. Air Force – through its Airmen and technology – has played a key role in the defense of the U.S., maintenance of peace and humanitarian operations around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)
by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives
Eighth Air Force Public Affairs
9/16/2011 - BOSSIER CITY, La. -- Members of the Eighth Air Force Headquarters, 608th Air and Space Operations Center and 608th Air Communications Squadron performed a reveille ceremony at the Cyber Innovation Center in celebration of the Air Force's 64th birthday Sept. 16.
Sixty-four years ago, President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the United States Air Force as a separate military service. Since Sept. 18, 1947, the U.S. Air Force - through its Airmen and technology - has played a key role in the defense of the U.S., maintenance of peace and humanitarian operations around the world.
