388th Fighter Wing

388th Fighter Wing
F-35As of the 388th Fighter Wing
Active	1953–1957; 1962–1964; 1966–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Fighter
Size	2,700
Part of	Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ	Hill Air Force Base
Motto	Libertas Vel Mors ("Freedom or Death")
Engagements	European Theater of Operations Vietnam War Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with V Device Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Website	https://www.388fw.acc.af.mil/
Commanders
Current commander	Col Craig R. Andrle
Vice Commander	Col Michael L. Gette
Command Chief	CCM Karen E. Cloyd
Insignia
388th Fighter Wing emblem[a][1]

The 388th Fighter Wing is a United States Air Force fighter wing assigned to the Fifteenth Air Force of Air Combat Command, stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The wing operates three squadrons of F-35A Lightning II aircraft; its 34th Fighter Squadron was declared the first fully operational F-35A squadron in the Air Force on 2 August 2016.

Activated in November 1953 as the 388th Fighter-Bomber Wing, the unit served at Étain-Rouvres Air Base, France, flying F-86 Sabres and later F-100 Super Sabres on nuclear standby alert duty for United States Air Forces in Europe until budget shortfalls and a manning deficit forced its inactivation in December 1957. Reconstituted at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, in October 1962 with F-105 Thunderchiefs, the wing deployed to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, in April 1966 as United States combat operations in Southeast Asia expanded.

At Korat the 388th was the largest American combat umbrella in Thailand, encompassing at peak 34 operating units and approximately 6,500 airmen. Its squadrons flew interdiction and close air support missions over North Vietnam, operated Wild Weasel aircraft in suppression of enemy air defenses, and provided air cover during the 1975 evacuation of Saigon and the recovery of the SS Mayaguez. For nine years of combat at Korat the wing received the Distinguished Unit Citation and eight Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards.

Transferred without personnel or equipment to Hill Air Force Base in December 1975, the 388th completed conversion to the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon in January 1979, the first wing in the Air Force to achieve full operational status on the F-16. Two of its squadrons deployed to Southwest Asia for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990–91, the first Air Force unit to use the F-16 equipped with the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) system in combat. The wing began receiving F-35A Lightning II aircraft in September 2015 and deployed them to combat operations in the Middle East in April 2019.

On 23 November 1953 the 388th Fighter-Bomber Wing was activated at Clovis Air Force Base, New Mexico, under Ninth Air Force and Tactical Air Command, one of four tactical fighter wings committed to the NATO alliance following Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' pledge to reinforce European defenses against the Soviet Union.^{[page needed][2]} The 388th Fighter-Bomber Group, the wing's primary combat element, equipped its 561st, 562d, and 563d Fighter-Bomber Squadrons with F-86F Sabres and commenced training for tactical nuclear weapons delivery.^{[page needed][2]}

On 12 December 1954 the wing arrived at the newly constructed Étain-Rouvres Air Base in northeastern France, its permanent station under Twelfth Air Force.^{[page needed][2]} Construction delays at Étain forced a temporary dispersal: the 562d Squadron operated from Spangdahlem Air Base, the 563d from Bitburg Air Base, and the 561st from Hahn Air Base in West Germany through the winter of 1954–55.^{[page needed][2]} By fall 1955 sufficient facilities had been completed at Étain to consolidate all three flying squadrons at the home station.^{[page needed][2]}

Rotational deployments to Wheelus Air Base, Libya, for gunnery and bombing training began in April 1955, the first opportunity for pilots to practice weapons delivery since arriving in Europe.^{[page needed][2]} On 22 November 1955, Detachment 1, 388th Fighter-Bomber Group was activated at Hahn Air Base to maintain nuclear standby alert — known as Zulu Alert — with the wing's F-86s, primarily manned by the 561st Squadron.^{[page needed][2]} The detachment transferred to Spangdahlem Air Base in February 1956 and continued rotational deployments of eight F-86s through fall 1957.^{[page needed][2]}

In fall 1956 the wing began planning conversion to the North American F-100D Super Sabre.^{[page needed][2]} Adverse flying conditions at Étain made in-place conversion impractical; each squadron deployed to Nouasseur Air Base in Morocco, transitioned to the F-100 there, then returned to its European station in the new aircraft.^{[page needed][2]}

The F-100 conversion coincided with a personnel crisis. A large cohort of officers and non-commissioned officers completed their two-year unaccompanied tours simultaneously in fall 1957, followed by single airmen completing three-year overseas rotations; the wing's strength fell to approximately 65 percent of authorized levels.^{[page needed][2]} Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe determined that budget shortfalls and the manning deficit made transfer to a new station impractical. On 10 December 1957 the 388th was inactivated at Étain, its assets absorbed by the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, which had relocated from Misawa Air Base, Japan, without personnel or equipment.^{[page needed][2]} The wing's inactivation ended the Air Force's first continuous fighter commitment to NATO's central front, a presence that had covered three aircraft types and four dispersed operating locations across France and West Germany.^[2]

In October 1962 the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing was reactivated at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, under Twelfth Air Force and Tactical Air Command, organized on 1 October as a tenant of the 4347th Combat Crew Training Wing.^[3] Without a subordinate fighter group, the wing assigned its four tactical fighter squadrons — the 560th, 561st, 562d, and 563d — directly to wing headquarters.^[3] Initial equipment was the F-100C Super Sabre, replaced in 1963 by the F-105D Thunderchief, a supersonic strike aircraft designed for low-altitude nuclear delivery.^[3] On 4 July 1963 the 388th assumed host unit responsibility at McConnell.^[3]

The escalating demands of the Vietnam War ended the McConnell assignment after less than two years. By early 1966 Tactical Air Command was rotating 388th F-105 squadrons on temporary duty (TDY) to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, to conduct combat operations over North Vietnam.^[3] A permanent organizational presence was needed to manage the semi-permanent rotation of American units at the Thai forward bases.^[3] On 8 April 1966 the 388th was relieved of its assignment to TAC, transferred to Pacific Air Forces, and ordered to Korat to assume host wing responsibilities from the 6234th Tactical Fighter Wing.^[3]

The 388th replaced the 6234th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat in April 1966, assuming host wing responsibilities and conducting combat operations over Indochina: interdiction, direct air support, armed reconnaissance, fighter escort, and Wild Weasel suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD).^{[page needed][4]} At the peak of the American buildup in Thailand the wing served as the umbrella organization for 34 operating units and approximately 6,500 USAF airmen, and also supported components of the Royal Thai Air Force and a complement of Royal New Zealand Air Force Bristol Freighters.^[3]

The fighter squadrons assigned to the 388th at Korat were:^[1]

Squadron	Tail code	Aircraft	Dates
3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron	JH	A-7D Corsair II	March 1973 – December 1975
7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron	JC	EC-121R Constellation	April 1972 – May 1974[1]
6010th Wild Weasel Squadron (from 1 December 1971: 17th Wild Weasel Squadron)	JB	F-105G Thunderchief	November 1970 – December 1974[1]
34th Tactical Fighter Squadron	JJ	F-105D/F Thunderchief F-4E Phantom II (from May 1969) F-4D Phantom II (from October 1974)	May 1966 – December 1975[1]
42d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron	JV	EB-66C/E Destroyer	September 1970 – January 1974[1]
44th Tactical Fighter Squadron	JE	F-105D/F Thunderchief F-4E Phantom II (from December 1970)	April 1967 – November 1970[1]
469th Tactical Fighter Squadron	JV	F-105D/F Thunderchief F-4E Phantom II (from November 1969)	August 1966 – October 1972[1]
553d Reconnaissance Squadron	(none)	EC-121R Constellation	December 1970 – December 1971[1]
Detachment 1, 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron	WW	F-105G Thunderchief	February 1973 – September 1973[1]

In mid-1968 the wing was converted to an F-4 wing, with the new F-4E replacing the F-105s, which transferred to the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base. The F-4E added an internal M61 cannon, addressing a shortcoming of the F-4C and D models, whose podded cannon was inaccurate, created excessive drag, and occupied a weapons station. The earlier AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-4 Falcon, and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles had also underperformed in air-to-air engagements.^{[page needed][4]} On 17 November 1968 an F-4E Phantom squadron from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, replaced the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron's F-105s, retaining the 469th designation and becoming the first E-models in Thailand.^{[page needed][4]}

In January 1969 proliferating antiaircraft defenses in the Barrel Roll area of Laos made operations riskier for slow forward air controllers such as the Raven FACs. Volunteers from the 469th were approved for fast forward air controller (Fast FAC) duty under the call sign "Tiger" in February. From 18 March they flew one daily sortie; by July they had been allotted four sorties per day directing close air support for General Vang Pao's Hmong forces during Operation Raindance.^[5] The co-location of strike and FAC units produced the Hunter-Killer Team concept, in which a flight leader could take over an air strike after the FAC had led aircraft to the target.^[6]

On 10 May 1969 the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron was reassigned to the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, remaining attached to the 388th at Korat; it re-equipped with F-4Es on 5 July. On 15 May 1969 the F-105-equipped 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron was reassigned to the 355th Wing.^{[page needed][4]}

On 12 June 1972 the 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron, flying F-4Ds, deployed from the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, in an Operation Constant Guard redeployment to support operations over North Vietnam during Linebacker, returning to Korea on 10 October 1972.^{[page needed][4]}

On 29 September 1972 the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina, deployed 72 A-7D Corsair IIs from four tactical fighter squadrons to Korat for a 179-day temporary duty (TDY); by mid-October 1,574 airmen from Myrtle Beach had arrived. In March 1973 A-7D aircraft drawn from the deployed 354th squadrons were assigned to the 388th as the 3d Tactical Fighter Squadron (Tail Code: JH), with some TDY personnel from the 354th placed on permanent party status.^{[page needed][4]}

In April 1972 Detachment 1, 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron deployed from McConnell to Korat flying specially equipped F-105Gs for suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) missions, known as Wild Weasel operations; the detachment returned to the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at George Air Force Base on 5 September 1972,^{[clarification needed]} completing its TDY assignment.^{[page needed][4]}

After combat operations ended in August 1973 the 388th maintained a training program and continued electronic surveillance and intelligence missions. The 388th provided air cover and escort during the evacuation of Americans from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and of Americans and selected Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, in April 1975. The wing also participated in the rescue of the crew and recovery of the SS Mayaguez, an American-flagged container ship seized by Khmer Rouge forces, in May 1975.^{[page needed][4]}

By the end of 1975 three combat squadrons remained at Korat: 24 F-4Ds of the 34th, 24 A-7Ds of the 3rd, and 6 AC-130 Spectre gunships of the 16th Special Operations Squadron. On 23 December 1975 the 388th inactivated at Korat, closing USAF operations at the base.^{[page needed][4]}

For its wartime service at Korat (1966–1975) the wing earned the Distinguished Unit Citation and eight Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards.^{[page needed][4]} The transfer to Hill Air Force Base on 23 December 1975 repeated the pattern established at inactivation in 1957: the 388th arrived at its new station without personnel or equipment, inheriting the facilities of the unit it replaced.^[3]

In December 1975 the 388th moved without personnel or equipment to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, replacing Detachment 1, 67th Combat Support Group, and in January 1976 began participation in training missions with F-4D aircraft.^[3] Conversion to the General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon began on 23 January 1979; by year-end the 388th had completed the transition, becoming the first wing in the United States Air Force to achieve full operational status on the F-16.^[3] During the initial conversion period the wing trained F-16 instructor pilots and conducted replacement training for new F-16 pilots arriving from the Luke Air Force Base replacement training unit (RTU).^[3]

The wing won the USAF Worldwide Gunsmoke Fighter Gunnery Meet in 1987, having conducted its first overseas F-16 deployment to Flesland Air Station, Norway, in March 1981.^[3] In May 1989 the first F-16C Block 40 aircraft arrived at Hill; the Block 40, designed to carry the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) targeting pod, extended precision strike capability into adverse weather and night conditions.^[3]

Two of the wing's squadrons deployed to Southwest Asia from 28 August 1990 to 27 March 1991 for Operation Desert Shield and the subsequent Operation Desert Storm, with additional aircraft positioned in Spain as attrition reserves from January to December 1991.^[3] The 388th was the first Air Force unit to employ the F-16 with the LANTIRN system in combat, providing precision strike capability over Iraq and Kuwait at night and in low-visibility conditions.^[3] After the March 1991 ceasefire the wing's squadrons participated in Operation Desert Calm, Desert Fox, and Northern and Southern Watch to monitor Iraqi compliance with ceasefire terms.^[3] Following the September 11 attacks, the wing's squadrons deployed in rotation to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq through the Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) rotation system, while also contributing to the domestic Operation Noble Eagle homeland defense mission.^[3]

On 22 June 2009, F-16C serial 87-0344, assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing, crashed approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Hill AFB during a training sortie; the pilot, Captain George Bryan Houghton, was killed. The Air Force Safety Center investigation attributed the accident to spatial disorientation.^[7]

On 2 September 2015, the first two F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrived at Hill AFB to begin the wing's transition from the F-16.^[8] The 34th Fighter Squadron, the first unit to complete conversion, was declared the initial operational F-35A squadron in the Air Force on 2 August 2016 after demonstrating readiness for basic close air support and air superiority missions.^[9] The 4th Fighter Squadron and 421st Fighter Squadron subsequently completed F-35A conversion, ending the wing's transition from the F-16 Fighting Falcon by 2017.^[3]

The 388th deployed F-35As to combat operations in the Middle East in April 2019.^{[citation needed]} The wing's three F-35A squadrons continue to conduct air-to-air and air-to-ground operations from Hill AFB under Air Combat Command.^[1]

As of 2026, the 388th Fighter Wing comprises the following major subordinate units:

388th Operations Group

• 4th Fighter Squadron — F-35A Lightning II
• 34th Fighter Squadron — F-35A Lightning II
• 421st Fighter Squadron — F-35A Lightning II
• F-35A Demonstration Team — F-35A Lightning II
• 388th Operations Support Squadron

388th Maintenance Group

• 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
• 388th Munitions Squadron

388th Mission Support Group

• 388th Force Support Squadron
• 388th Communications Squadron
• 388th Civil Engineer Squadron
• 388th Contracting Squadron
• 388th Security Forces Squadron

Wing commanders, 388th Fighter Wing

No.	Rank	Name	From	To	Notes
1	LTC	Thomas O. Crandall	23 November 1953	15 December 1953	[10]
2	Col	Clayton L. Peterson	15 December 1953	11 January 1954	[10]
3	Col	Harold J. Whiteman	11 January 1954	23 February 1954	[10]
4	Brig Gen	James F. Whisenand	23 February 1954	22 February 1955	[10]
5	Col	Harold J. Whiteman	22 February 1955	1 July 1956	[10]
6	Col	Joseph L. Dickman	1 July 1956	10 December 1957	[10]
—	Wing not manned, 1 May – 30 September 1962				[10]
7	Col	Richard C. Banbury	1 October 1962	1 October 1963	[10]
8	Col	Olin E. Gilbert	1 October 1963	8 February 1964	[10]
—	Wing not manned, 14 March – 7 April 1966				[10]
9	Col	Monroe S. Sams	8 April 1966	c. 17 August 1966	[10]
10	Brig Gen	William S. Chairsell	c. 17 August 1966	1 August 1967	[10]
11	Brig Gen	Edward B. Burdett	1 August 1967	18 November 1967	Killed in action[10]
12	Col	Jack C. Berger	18 November 1967	22 November 1967	[10]
13	Col	Neil J. Graham	22 November 1967	19 January 1968	[10]
14	Col	Norman P. Phillips	19 January 1968	24 January 1968	[10]
15	Col	Paul P. Douglas Jr.	24 January 1968	23 July 1968	[10]
16	Col	Allen K. McDonald	23 July 1968	19 August 1968	[10]
17	Col	Paul P. Douglas Jr.	19 August 1968	15 December 1968	Second tenure[10]
18	Col	Allen K. McDonald	15 December 1968	11 June 1969	Second tenure[10]
19	Col	John A. Nelson	11 June 1969	5 December 1969	[10]
20	Col	James M. Breedlove	5 December 1969	30 June 1970	[10]
21	Col	Ivan H. Dethman	30 June 1970	1 August 1970	[10]
22	Col	Irby B. Jarvis Jr.	1 August 1970	26 July 1971	[10]
23	Col	Webb Thompson	26 July 1971	15 December 1971	[10]
24	Col	Stanley M. Umstead Jr.	15 December 1971	5 August 1972	[10]
25	Col	Richard E. Merkling	5 August 1972	25 January 1973	[10]
26	Col	Mele Vojvodich Jr.	25 January 1973	1 July 1973	[10]
27	Col	Robert K. Crouch	1 July 1973	3 January 1974	[10]
28	Col	Thomas H. Normile	3 January 1974	3 July 1974	[10]
29	Col	John P. Russell	3 July 1974	11 July 1975	[10]
30	Col	Neil L. Eddins	11 July 1975	19 April 1977	[10]
31	Col	Robert L. Rodee	19 April 1977	3 August 1977	[10]
32	Brig Gen	Davis C. Rohr	3 August 1977	31 August 1979	[10]
33	Col	William T. Tolbert	31 August 1979	11 August 1980	[10]
34	Col	Jerauld R. Gentry	11 August 1980	6 August 1981	[10]
35	Col	Dawson R. O'Neill	6 August 1981	20 May 1982	[10]
36	Col	Peter T. Kempf	20 May 1982	14 February 1983	[10]
37	Col	Charles C. Helton	14 February 1983	5 May 1984	[10]
38	Col	James F. Record	5 May 1984	23 September 1985	[10]
39	Col	James M. Johnston III	23 September 1985	6 October 1986	[10]
40	Col	Lawrence E. Boese	6 October 1986	21 April 1988	[10]
41	Col	Charles R. Heflebower	21 April 1988	7 June 1990	[10]
42	Col	Michael Navarro	7 June 1990	27 April 1992	[10]
43	Col	James E. Sandstrom	27 April 1992	16 May 1994	[10]
44	Col	Daniel M. Dick	16 May 1994	24 April 1995	[10]
45	Col	Bentley B. Rayburn	24 April 1995	16 June 1997	[10]
46	Col	Ronald E. Fly	16 June 1997	6 April 1998	[10]
47	Col	Gilmary M. Hostage III	6 April 1998	19 January 2000	[10]
48	Col	Johnny A. Weida	19 January 2000	3 July 2001	[10]
49	Col	Stephen L. Hoog	3 July 2001	17 July 2003	[10]
50	Col	Charles W. Lyon	17 July 2003	11 May 2005	[10]
51	Col	Robert J. Beletic	11 May 2005	April 2011	[10]
52	Col	Scott C. Long	April 2011	2015	[10]
53	Col	David Lyons	2015	—	[10]
54	Col	Craig R. Andrle	—	present	[11]

• Established as the 388th Fighter-Day Wing on 23 March 1953

Redesignated 388th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 5 November 1953

Activated on 23 November 1953

Inactivated on 10 December 1957

• Redesignated 388th Tactical Fighter Wing and activated on 1 May 1962

Organized on 1 October 1962

Discontinued and inactivated on 8 February 1964

• Activated on 14 March 1966

Organized on 8 April 1966

Redesignated 388th Fighter Wing on 1 October 1991^[1]

• Ninth Air Force, 23 November 1953
• Twelfth Air Force, 12 December 1954 – 10 December 1957
• Tactical Air Command, 1 May 1962
• Twelfth Air Force, 1 October 1962 – 8 February 1964
• Pacific Air Forces, 14 March 1966
• Thirteenth Air Force, 8 April 1966 (attached to Seventh Air Force, until 14 February 1973; US Support Activities Group, Seventh Air Force until c. 30 June 1975)
• 17th Air Division, 1 July 1975
• Twelfth Air Force, 23 December 1975 – August 2020^[1]
• Fifteenth Air Force, 20 August 2020–present^[12]

Groups

• 388th Fighter-Bomber Group (later 388th Operations Group): 23 November 1953 – 10 December 1957; 1 December 1991–present

Assigned squadrons

• 3d Tactical Fighter Squadron: 15 March 1973 – 15 December 1975
• 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron (later 4th Fighter Squadron): 23 December 1975 – 1 December 1991 (detached 28 August 1990 – 27 March 1991)
• 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron: 30 April 1972 – 22 May 1974
• 16th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron: 1 January 1979 – 30 June 1986
• 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron (later 34th Fighter Squadron): attached 15 May 1966 – 14 March 1971; assigned 15 March 1971 – 1 December 1991
• 42d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron: attached c. 21 September – 14 October 1970; assigned 15 October 1970 – 15 March 1974
• 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 25 April 1967 – 15 October 1969 (detached 10–15 October 1969)
• 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron (later 421st Fighter Squadron): 8 April 1966 – 25 April 1967; 23 December 1975 – 1 December 1991 (detached 9–23 August 1977 and 28 August 1990 – 27 March 1991)
• 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 8 April 1966 – 31 October 1972
• 553d Reconnaissance Squadron: 15 December 1970 – 31 December 1971
• 560th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 1 October 1962 – 8 February 1964
• 561st Fighter-Bomber Squadron (later 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron): attached 1 July – 10 December 1957; assigned 1 October 1962 – 8 February 1964
• 562d Fighter-Bomber Squadron (later 562d Tactical Fighter Squadron): attached 1 July – 10 December 1957; assigned 1 October 1962 – 8 February 1964
• 563d Fighter-Bomber Squadron (later 563d Tactical Fighter Squadron): attached 1 July – 10 December 1957; assigned 1 October 1962 – 8 February 1964
• 6010th Wild Weasel Squadron: 1 November 1970 – 1 December 1971
• 17th Wild Weasel Squadron: 1 December 1971 – 15 November 1974
• 729th Air Control Squadron: 1 October 1985 – 1 October 2007

Attached squadrons

• 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron: attached 15 May 1966 – 20 October 1967
• 16th Special Operations Squadron: attached 19 July 1974 – 8 December 1975
• 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron: attached c. 12 June – c. 10 October 1972^[1]

• Clovis Air Force Base, New Mexico, 23 November 1953 – 28 November 1954
• Étain-Rouvres Air Base, France, 12 December 1954 – 10 December 1957
• McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 October 1962 – 8 February 1964
• Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 8 April 1966
• Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 23 December 1975 – present^[1]

• 388th Operations Group
• Hill Air Force Base
• Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base
• Wild Weasel

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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