JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Lt. Col. David Smith, 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander, carefully packs a silk map, here Feb. 8, that last flew with Army Air Corps Flight Officer Gordon Hay, Jr. in World War II during a bombing mission over Germany. Recently, the daughter of Hay, Meredith Hay Kelly of Lyons, Ill., corresponded with a member of the current day Tuskegee Airmen, Master Sgt. Howard Fulk a vehicle operations supervisor with the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. Fulk who is deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., volunteered to help Kelly, have the silk

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Lt. Col. David Smith, 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander, carefully packs a silk map, here Feb. 8, that last flew with Army Air Corps Flight Officer Gordon Hay, Jr. in World War II during a bombing mission over Germany. Recently, the daughter of Hay, Meredith Hay Kelly of Lyons, Ill., corresponded with a member of the current day Tuskegee Airmen, Master Sgt. Howard Fulk a vehicle operations supervisor with the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. Fulk who is deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., volunteered to help Kelly, have the silk maps flown on one more combat mission. Smith is deployed from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., and his hometown is Miami. ( Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lionel Castellano)

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