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  • First U.S. combat missions fly out of Iraq base

    03/29/2003 3:25:19 PM PST · by 11th_VA · 111 replies · 310+ views
    USA TODAY ^ | 3/29/2003 3:14 PM | By Gordon Trowbridge, Air Force Times
    <p>FROM A FORWARD AIR BASE, Iraq — U.S. Air Force attack jets began flying Saturday from a captured base in Iraq, the first combat missions flown from Iraqi soil. A pair of A-10 Thunderbolt jets bearing the distinctive Flying Tigers teeth of Pope Air Force Base's 75th Fighter Squadron were the first U.S. fighters to touch down here at midday.</p>