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EAFB Dedication

"Ready for Dedication" - Shown is part of the apron, static aircraft displays, and reviewing stands at the England AFB dedication on June 23, 1955. See apron on EAFB map.

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The former Alexandria Air Force Base was renamed England Air Force Base in honor of Lt. Col. John Brooke England, a highly-decorated P-51 Ace from World War II.

He also flew in the Korean War, and was killed in a F-86 crash in France on November 17, 1954. At the time of the crash, he was on a rotational tour from Alexandria AFB with the 389th Fighter Bomber Squadron, which he commanded.

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