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- Aeronautical Systems Center
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- The Aeronautical Systems Center is proud heir to a long tradition
- of aerospace research and development dating back to the Wright
- brothers. Since the days when Wilbur and Orville developed the
- first real aircraft at Huffman Prairie, through two World Wars,
- Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War, the aeronautical systems
- developed at McCook and Wright Fields have whetted the cutting
- edge of this nationÆs airpower. People are the basis of this
- achievement: from such inspired Air Force leaders as General
- Henry H. Hap Arnold, General Bernard A. Schriever, and Lieutenant
- General James T. Stewart, to the thousands of scientists,
- engineers, and support personnel, both civilian and military,
- who dedicate their lives to creating and sustaining the Wright
- Field heritage.
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- This heritage includes legendary aircraft like the P-51 Mustang
- and the B-17 Flying Fortress, as well as the indomitable B-52
- Stratofortress. More recently, versatile aircraft like the F-16
- Fighting Falcon and the F-117 stealth fighter have extended this
- heritage. Now the B-2 stealth bomber, the F-22 Advanced Tactical
- Fighter, and the Top Secret Aurora are proud additions to Wright
- FieldÆs tradition of aeronautical innovation.
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- Like avenging angels flying out of the past into the future, the
- aeronautical systems developed at Wright Field during four
- generations have defended AmericaÆs values of peace and freedom
- around the world. The men and women of ASC look back with pride
- on this rich heritage as they continue their remarkable journey
- into a new era of aerospace challenge and achievement.