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1950s -- Flashing through the sky above a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster, F-84G Thunderjets of the 27th Fighter Escort Wing arrive at a Japan Air Defense Force base in northern Japan after completing a trans-Pacific flight. The F-84s flew 7,800 miles from their home base to Japan and set a new record for over-water flight by single engine fighter aircraft. They flew the last 2,575 miles of their trip using in-flight refueling, October 1952. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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1950s -- Flashing through the sky above a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster, F-84G Thunderjets of the 27th Fighter Escort Wing arrive at a Japan Air Defense Force base in northern Japan after completing a trans-Pacific flight. The F-84s flew 7,800 miles from their home base to Japan and set a new record for over-water flight by single engine fighter aircraft. They flew the last 2,575 miles of their trip using in-flight refueling, October 1952. (U.S. Air Force photo)


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