On Aug. 1, 1941, he formally formed the American Volunteer Group in the Chinese Air Force, called to outsiders as "the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company".

陈纳德在昆明正式成立了中国空军美国志愿航空大队，对外称“中央飞机制造公司”。

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China's central Air Force Command sent two reconnaissance planes from Beijing to take aerial photographs of the area, state media said, adding that 2, 600 soldiers from the People's Armed Police had already arrived in six towns in the quake zone.

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AeroVironment hopes to generate sales not just from services like the Army and Air Force, but also from the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security (for help with border control) and weather services (for storm tracking and disaster recovery).

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But documents that were declassified in the 1990s showed Mr. Powers's flight had been a joint Central Intelligence Agency-Air Force mission, making him eligible for military medals.

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