Chief Master Sgt. Wendy Rowe, 49th Materiel Maintenance Group, encourages Airman 1st Class Madeline Ericson, 49th Wing Judge Advocate civil law paralegal, as she finishes the Air Force Birthday 5K at Holloman Air Force Base, , Sept. 18. On Sept. 18, 1947, the Air Force was officially recognized as an independent military service, leaving behind its former role, the Army Air Corps. This year marks 67 years of the USAF leading the world in air superiority, space and cyberspace. "The future of our nation is forever bound up in the development of Air Power," Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell
Chief Master Sgt. Wendy Rowe, 49th Materiel Maintenance Group, encourages Airman 1st Class Madeline Ericson, 49th Wing Judge Advocate civil law paralegal, as she finishes the Air Force Birthday 5K at Holloman Air Force Base, , Sept. 18. On Sept. 18, 1947, the Air Force was officially recognized as an independent military service, leaving behind its former role, the Army Air Corps. This year marks 67 years of the USAF leading the world in air superiority, space and cyberspace. "The future of our nation is forever bound up in the development of Air Power," Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell, United States Army Air Service. Senior Airman Leah Ferrante
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