Flashing through the sky above a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C-124_Globemaster_II" title="C-124 Globemaster II">C-124 Globemaster II</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F-84_Thunderjet" class="mw-redirect" title="F-84 Thunderjet">F-84G Thunderjets</a> of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:27th_Fighter_Wing.png" title="File:27th Fighter Wing.png">27th Fighter Escort Wing</a> arrive at a Japan Air Defense Force base in northern <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan">Japan</a> after completing a trans-Pacific flight. The F-84s flew 7,800 miles from their home base to Japan and set a new record for over-water flight by single engine fighter aircraft. They flew the last 2,575 miles of their trip using in-flight refueling, October 1952.
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