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Off to battle: 336th Rocketeers to Afghanistan

By Kenneth Fine
Published in News on April 29, 2009 1:46 PM

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336th Fighter Squadron 2nd Lt. Adam Clift kisses his girlfriend, Jessica Goodall, before leaving for war.

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Tech. Sgt. Linda Jo Sampson, left, sends her husband, Master Sgt. Jason Sampson, through his deployment line early this morning as hundreds of other 4th Fighter Wing airmen prepare for their deployment as well.

Long before sunrise, tears were falling along the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base flight line. Members of the 4th Fighter Wing's 336th Fighter Squadron were heading to war -- to the Russian-built airfield at Bagram, Afghanistan. For close to an...

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