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Disasters and losses; Jimmy Doolittle changes fighter escort tactics; shuttle bombing; the Tuskegee Airmen.
Disasters and losses; Jimmy Doolittle changes fighter escort tactics; shuttle bombing; the Tuskegee Airmen.
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