Flying through the years; 37th AS celebrates 75th anniversary

Maj. Alex Adams, 37th Airlift Squadron/86th Operations Group flight chief, briefs a group of pilots about to take to the skies during the 37th AS’s 75th anniversary on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 10, 2017. Activated in February 1942, the 37th AS was founded under the First Air Force at Patterson Field, Ohio. The unit trained in the southeastern U.S. before participating in its first assignment in Egypt of November 1942 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s decision to aid the Royal Air Force Western Desert Air Force during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lane T. Plummer)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Lane T. Plummer

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