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Colonel Patrick Doherty speaks with Royal Air Force exchange officers during the social hour preceding the Battle of Britain celebration at Heritage Hall on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 1. The celebration is held yearly to commemorate the decisive World War II battle which lasted from July 10 to Oct. 31, 1940. Doherty is the commander of the 4th Fighter Wing and hails from Lincoln, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Keavy Rake/Released)


4th FW commemorates Battle of Britain with RAF piano burning tradition

Colonel Patrick Doherty speaks with Royal Air Force exchange officers during the social hour preceding the Battle of Britain celebration at Heritage Hall on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 1. The celebration is held yearly to commemorate the decisive World War II battle which lasted from July 10 to Oct. 31, 1940. Doherty is the commander of the 4th Fighter Wing and hails from Lincoln, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Keavy Rake/Released)

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A piano is burned in memoriam of the Battle of Britain, Oct. 9, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Legend tells of a Royal Air Force pilot and pianist who played during the Battle of Britain. During a mission, the pilot was killed and his comrades decided no one else would play his piano, so they burned it in his memory. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, an event the 4th Fighter Wing traces its heritage to. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Shawna L. Keyes)
Local employers discuss potential career opportunities with members of Team Seymour at a job fair, Oct. 6, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Pamphlets and other informative items were at each booth for those who attended the job fair. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)
Members of Team Seymour meet with a variety of employers at a job fair, Oct. 6, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. More than 40 employers participated in the annual event to both fill job openings and provide employment opportunities for base Airmen, spouses and retirees. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)
Members of Team Seymour sign in before entering a job fair, Oct. 6, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The job fair was organized by the Airman and Family Readiness Center to assist military members, spouses and retirees find careers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)
Members of the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment and 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron repair and reclamation shops lower a restored F-86H Sabre onto a trailer, Oct. 6, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Members from the installation handed off the jet to city contractors who returned it to its display at the Goldsboro Police Department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aaron J. Jenne)
Airmen assigned to the 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron repair and reclamation shop steady a restored F-86H Sabre as it’s lifted over an installation gate, Oct. 6, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The aircraft was moved early in the morning from the base, and taken through Goldsboro, North Carolina to its display in downtown.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aaron J. Jenne)
Airmen assigned to the 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron repair and reclamation shop position rigging straps around a restored F-86H Sabre, Oct. 6, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The Sabre was originally designed as a high-altitude day-fighter, but was subsequently redesigned into an all-weather interceptor and fighter-bomber used by the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, now the 4th Fighter Wing, during the Korean War. It was discontinued from active use in 1956. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aaron J. Jenne)
Members of the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment and 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron repair and reclamation shops prepare to lift an F-86H Sabre over a perimeter gate, Oct. 6, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Members from the 4th EMS have worked since February 2014, to restore the aircraft, on loan to the city of Goldsboro. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aaron J. Jenne)
An F-86H Sabre sits by one of the installation’s gates, Oct. 6, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The aircraft was lifted over the gate and returned to its display in downtown Goldsboro, North Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aaron J. Jenne)
Senior Airmen Joshua Rule (left) and Aubrey Berger, 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, affix a taught line to an F-86H Sabre on Oct. 6, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Airmen from the 4th EMS restored the aircraft, on loan from the city of Goldsboro, North Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aaron J. Jenne)
A variety of painting supplies sit on a table, Sept. 21, 2015, at the Arts Council of Wayne County in downtown Goldsboro, North Carolina. The Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Painting Club, which is part of 4th Fighter Wing’s Make It Better Initiative, partnered with the Arts Council to give Team Seymour Airmen an opportunity to become more involved in the community. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)
Heather Reynolds (left), gallery director at the Arts Council of Wayne County, and 1st Lt. Monica Hottle, Detachment 15 chief of education and training, work on paintings for two new art alleys, Sept. 21, 2015, at the Arts Council of Wayne County in downtown Goldsboro, North Carolina. The Arts Council tapped into the talent pool of the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Painting Club to complete this project. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley Williamson)
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