Starlifters retire from active-duty service

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008650

{EXCERPT} by Tech. Sgt. Mark Diamond Air Mobility Command Public
Affairs

9/15/2004 - SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFPN) -- The last two
active-duty C-141B Starlifter transport aircraft will retire Sept. 16
at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.

During the past 40 years, the C-141 has proven versatile for troop and
cargo transport, humanitarian- and disaster-relief operations and
aeromedical evacuation. As such, the Starlifter has secured an imp...

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