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3 unusual facts about 31st Fighter Wing


31st Fighter Wing

One of the highlights of the group’s time in North Africa was the selection of the 308th Fighter Squadron to provide combat air patrols for the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Casablanca conference in Morocco.

From there the unit transferred without personnel of equipment to Langley Field, Virginia in June 1947 and then to Turner Field, Georgia, in September of that same year.

Aviano Middle/High School

It is located on the United States Air Force Base in Aviano, Italy which is operated by the 31st Fighter Wing.



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