Since its debut in the 1999 air war over Kosovo, the B-2 has flown combat missions exclusively from Whiteman, logging sorties that have at times exceeded 40 hours.

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Nonetheless, McGovern, the peace candidate, arguably had the strongest combat veteran credentials to date, perhaps overall, with 35 combat missions in a B-24 and a DFC.

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Specialist Sabo will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions in combat on May 10, 1970, while serving as a rifleman in Company B, 3d Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division in Se San, Cambodia.

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