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Barksdale Profile: 50 years of the 917th

By: Leslie Draffin
Updated: February 8, 2013
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Members of the 917th Fighter Group both past and present are back on Barksdale AFB this week celebrating their 50th anniversary. But its a bittersweet reunion since 2013 will be the last year for the unit. Defense budget cuts are forcing the unit to close and will move A-10s to other bases. Airmen say this is weekend to celebrate the past and remember how far they've come since starting half a century ago.

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