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This F-16 fighting falcon on static 

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display at gate two of Arnold Air Force 

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Base was dedicated on June 26 2010 . In 

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memory of Major General Winfield Harp 

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Harp was born in 1937 in Thomaston 

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Georgia . He received his commission in 

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1959 . After distinguishing himself as 

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an ROTC graduate at Florida State 

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University . He died December 5 , 1988 

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when his aircraft crashed during a 

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training mission in Spain . At the time 

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of his death , Harp was commander of 

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the 16 th Air Force Us Air Forces in 

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Europe where he was responsible for the 

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US Air Forces in Spain , Italy , Greece 

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and Turkey A EC supported the F-16 

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program beginning with the Y F-16 . 

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Prototype testing continued after 

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selection of the design and included 

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store separation testing , ejection 

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testing and engine testing . This 

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display will serve to assure that 

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neither the F-16 nor Major General Harp 

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will ever be forgotten .