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(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mark R. Alvarez)

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Dr. Pedro Loureiro checks a film reel at the automated search and retrieval system at the Defense Imagery Management Operations Center-Riverside, Calif., Oct. 9, 2012. Loureiro, the archivist at DIMOC-R, helped find a film reel containing clips of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. The ASRS has about 280,000 analog tapes, 80,000 rells of 16mm and 35mm film and 40,000 negatives, slides and photos in storage. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)

retired Col. Clarence Anderson

Retired Col. Clarence Anderson recalls various memories of flying during World War II during the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technical Exposition on Sept. 17, 2012, in Washington. Anderson's anecdote was just one of many shared on the panel as the former fighter pilots spoke about the issues they faced as part of the Army Air Corps during that era. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Aaron Stout)

retired Col. Clarence Anderson

Retired Col. Clarence Anderson recalls various memories of flying during World War II during the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technical Exposition on Sept. 17, 2012, in Washington. Anderson's anecdote was just one of many shared on the panel as the former fighter pilots spoke about the issues they faced as part of the Army Air Corps during that era. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Aaron Stout)

Phantom in the water

A piece of an F-4 Phantom II fuel tank lies on the ground of the Port of Anchorage, Alaska, Sept. 18, 2012. The Anchorage Port Authority and the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Crash Recovery Unit, under the 3rd Maintenance Squadron, are removing an F-4 fuel tank that is embedded in the harbor bank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

Phantom in the water

Airmen from the 3rd Maintenance Squadron Crash Recovery Team survey the area where they will dig out an F-4 Phantom II external fuel tank at the Port of Anchorage, Alasak, Sept. 18, 2012. F-4s were flown at Elmendorf Air Force Base through 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)