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    457th Heritage Flight

    Dec 14, 2021 2 minutes

    f the nine fighter squadrons of P-51s that were stationed on Iwo Jima with 7th Fighter Command, several are still active today. One of them is the 457th Fighter Squadron of the 301st Fighter Wing based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. The 457th FS was activated in October 1944

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