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Old December 15th 03, 12:41 AM
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Ohio museum celebrates military flight

(EXCERPT) By Bob Downing Knight Ridder/Tribune Published December 14,
2003

DAYTON, Ohio -- Yes, there's a replica of the Wright Military Flyer,
used in 1909 on the first military flight in the United States, but
the U.S. Air Force Museum here is a lot more than just Orville and
Wilbur Wright. It's a star-studded celebration of military flight,
with more than 300 planes and missiles -- inside and outside -- at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on the edge of Dayton.

The facility draws more than 1.5 million visitors a year to the th...

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