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11. I was just a few months from turning 24 when drafted (1970) and the second oldest guy in my basic

Fri Sep 18, 2015, 03:16 PM

Sep 2015

training company. Got lucky after AIT and spent my 2 years in the US.

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68 years ago today, the US Air Force became its own branch. [View all] NuclearDem Sep 2015 OP

And on Sept 19th... HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #1

That's funny Renew Deal Sep 2015 #14

Damn, I'm older than the United States Air Force. (NM) Elwood P Dowd Sep 2015 #2

Me too! Basic LA Sep 2015 #7

I was drafted into the US Army. Elwood P Dowd Sep 2015 #8

My goal in life is to live to be older than the U.S. Army pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #10

I'm happy that worked out well for you pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #13

Yeah, I lost a lot of friends pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #16

When my father flew B-17s, it was still the USAAF. MineralMan Sep 2015 #3

And still the Army managed to hang onto its own aviation pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #5

... TwilightGardener Sep 2015 #4

U.S. Air Force song (with lyrics) pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #6

My grandfather was an Army Air Force officer during World War II. hunter Sep 2015 #9