63RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE
Date Signed: 9/13/2010 | ALMARS Number: 033/10
ALMARS : 033/10
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ALMAR 033/10
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SUBJ/63RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IT IS WITH SINCERE PLEASURE THAT I CONGRATULATE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ON YOUR 63RD ANNIVERSARY.
2.  ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1947, THE U.S. AIR FORCE WAS CREATED AS A SEPARATE BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES.  SINCE THEN, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE AIR FORCE HAVE SERVED COURAGEOUSLY AND HONORABLY AROUND THE GLOBE.  FROM KOREA TO VIETNAM, AND FROM IRAQ TO AFGHANISTAN, MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HAVE PROVEN TO BE "ABOVE ALL" IN ACCOMPLISHING THEIR MISSION TO "FLY, FIGHT, AND WIN IN AIR, SPACE, AND CYBERSPACE."  THE UNTIRING EFFORTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE AIR FORCE IN THE DEFENSE OF THIS GREAT NATION HAS EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF ALL AMERICANS.
3.  MARINES AROUND THE WORLD JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING YOU ON THIS HISTORIC EVENT.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND SEMPER FIDELIS.  JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//