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This 105 thunder chief on static 

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display at the main gate at Arnold Air 

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Force Base was dedicated on November 9 , 

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1984 . In memory of Lieutenant General 

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Robert Bond . Bond was born in 1929 in 

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Trenton , Tennessee and enlisted in the 

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Air Force in 1951 . He was killed in an 

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aircraft crash at Nellis Air Force Base , 

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Nevada on April 26 . 1984 . Lieutenant 

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General Bond was Vice Commander of Air 

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Force Systems Command based at Andrews 

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Air Force Base where he helped direct 

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the research development , test and 

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acquisition of future aerospace systems . 

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He was a command pilot with more than 

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5000 flying hours mostly in tactical 

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fighters . This F 105 will serve as a 

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reminder to all who visit Arnold Air 

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Force Base that neither this man nor 

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this machine will ever be forgotten .