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The last three C-141 StarLifter crew chiefs completed training at Sheppard AFB, Texas, on 25 July. SSgt. Lauro Valles Jr., SrA Michael Engle, and A1C Adam Winebrenner will return to Air Force Reserve Command's 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, to work on the last C-141s. The StarLifter was the world's first military jet transport when it was first flown on 17 December 1963, the sixtieth anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight. Training at Sheppard started about the same time the aircraft started Air Force operations in 1965 and has continued ever since. The StarLifter will be retired in 2006.
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