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July 3, 1999
Web posted at: 8:17 p.m. EDT (0017 GMT)
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada (CNN) -- At a time when the
U.S. Air Force is having a hard time filling cockpits and
flight lines, its famous demonstration squadron, the
Thunderbirds, remains a spine-tingling sales pitch of spit
and polish and precision.
Join CNN's Miles O'Brien for a stomach-churning turn into the
wild blue yonder on the wings of the Thunderbirds.
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