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The 140th Fighter Wing at Buckley ANGB, Colorado, marked the fiftieth anniversary of the National Guard's first and only federally recognized aerial demonstration team, the Minute Men, by repainting one of its F-16s in the scheme of the original F-86 Sabres flown by the team. The Minute Men began performing in 1947 with a solo pilot, Lt. Col. Walt Williams. Within a few years, that solo act grew to a four-aircraft precision team. Although the federal recognition lasted only three years, the Minute Men logged more than 1,135,000 flying miles during their brief official life while performing before more than three million people in eight countries. The F-16 will be repainted in standard colors in January 2007.
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