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    17-71 Run

    MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES

    09.10.2011

    Photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Heaton 

    127th Wing

    Members of the 127th Force Support Squadron head out on a "17-71" heritage fitness run at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Sept. 10, 2011. The airmen ran to several locations around the base, where they performed exercises and heard a short report on the history of the base and key figures in Air Force history who have served at Selfridge. The base is known as “The Home of Generals” because of the large number of future generals who served at the base early in its history. The base is named for Thomas E. Selfridge, an U.S. Army officer who was killed in a 1908 crash while flying with Orville Wright of the Wright Brothers – the first military person to lose his life in an aircraft accident. The run was called a "17-71" run because the base first opened for operation in 1917. In 1971, it was transferred from the Air Force to the Michigan Air National Guard.

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    Date Taken: 09.10.2011
    Date Posted: 10.31.2011 12:12
    Photo ID: 481939
    VIRIN: 110910-F-1726H-188
    Resolution: 1024x731
    Size: 557.59 KB
    Location: MICHIGAN, US

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