C141heaven.info -- 66-0177 POW Fligts - May 5th, 2006

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Secretary of the Air force Michael Wynne and other guests sit for the ceremony of the retirement of the 'Hanoi Taxi'. More than 120 former POW's, from the Vietnam War and their families will help the 445th Airlift Wing retire the Air Forces's last C-141C Starlifter, the 'Hanoi Taxi was the first aircraft to arrive in February 1973 to pick up the POWs returning to the United States following repatriation.(U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Hector Garcia, 4th Combat Camera)

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