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(Gus Schuettler/Stars and Stripes)

Bitburg, West Germany, November 1979: The engines of airborne F-15s cut through the clouds as four other Eagles await the tower’s OK for takeoff during a USAFE Readiness Exercise at Bitburg Air Base.

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