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Tomorrow, 18 September, marks the 60th birthday of the United States Air Force, born of the desire to defend liberty and spread its flame. The Air Force has been a part of the U.S. Army for nearly 100 years, though the Department of the Air Force was not officially created until the National Security Act of 1947. On 18 September 1947, W. Stuart Symington became first Secretary of the Air Force.