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After landing the 'Hanoi Taxi' for its final flight, Lt Gen John A. Bradley, Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C., and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB makes his way to the turnover ceremony for the C-141C Starlifter. The first aircraft, a C-141 Starlifter, to return Vietnam prisoners of war to the United States makes its final landing Saturday May 6, 2006 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The C-141 'Hanoi Taxi' was the first aircraft to arrive in Hanoi in February 1973 to pick up the POWs held by the North Vietnamese.(U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt Rick Sforza, 4th Combat Camera)

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