44th Fighter Group Activation Ceremony

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Col. Donald Lindberg, 44th Fighter Group commander, presents the Distinguished Flying Cross April 9, 2010, to Retired Capt. Arthur Kleiderer for distinguished service as group lead pilot for the 44th Bomb Group during 14 combat missions near the conclusion of World War II. The 44th Fighter Group traces its lineage to the famed World War II 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) originally activated in January 1941 at MacDill Army Air Field in Tampa, Fla., and flew the then state of the art B-24 Liberator. Sixty-nine years later, the 44th Fighter Group is the only Air Force Reserve organization to be selected to fly the U.S. Air Force's premier air superiority fighter, the F-22 Raptor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Laws / Released)

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