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April 26, 2008
The Herald-Mail
Rockefeller visits 167th Airlift Wing
Senator talks with members about health benefits and Veterans Affairs Medical Center
By CHRIS CARTER
MARTINSBURG, W.VA. — U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller stood inside the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport control tower, about 127 feet above the ground, when a C-5 Galaxy cargo plane circled and prepared to land Saturday afternoon.
It was the first time Rockefeller witnessed a C-5 land on the expanding runway space at the 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard.
"It was extraordinary," said Rockefeller, D-W.Va. "To be up there with the air traffic controllers and watch that thing come in ... It was something to see."
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