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Sept. 26, 2016

 Air Force celebrates 69 years of flying high into the wild blue yonder 

                    Richmond, VA —                                                In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the major league baseball color barrier, the United Nations voted in favor of the creation of an Independent Jewish State of Israel, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union began, and President Harry S. Truman signed The National Security Act of 1947, creating both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of the Air Force.             

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