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NEWS | July 27, 2016

Airmen honor Billy Mitchell anniversary

By By Staff Sgts. R. Alex Durbin and J.D. Strong II 633rd Air Base Wing

F-22A Raptor pilot assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron drops a Joint Direct Attack Munitions during the 95th anniversary of Maj. Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell bombing the Ostfriesland at Langley Air Force Base, Va., July 21, 2016. Mitchell and the 1st Provisional Air Brigade demonstrated to the world the superiority of air power by sinking the famous, unsinkable, Ostfriesland, a captured German battleship. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II)