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U N I Q U E U N I T S • February 2020 | Volume 45 | Number 2<br />
DISTINCTIVE<br />
UNITS IN MILITARY HISTORY<br />
MACHALNIKS<br />
NIGHT WITCHES<br />
THE GRIM REAPERS<br />
EDITORS<br />
Leah Block, Editor<br />
Gilbert Martinez, Assistant Editor<br />
CORRESPONDENTS<br />
Hank Coates<br />
Ron Kaplan<br />
Natalie Kelley<br />
David Oliver<br />
COPY EDITORS<br />
The Writers for Hire<br />
ART<br />
Farrah Underwood, Designer<br />
PRINTER<br />
Knight Abbey<br />
COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE STAFF<br />
Hank Coates, President hcoates@cafhq.org<br />
David Oliver, Chief Operating Officer doliver@cafhq.org<br />
Donna Blalack, Director of Administration & HR dblalack@cafhq.org<br />
Lance Linguist, CFO - Secretary/Treasurer lluinguist@cafhq.org<br />
Lily Brewer, Controller lbrewer@cafhq.org<br />
April Robinson, Unit Finance Coordinator arobinson@cafhq.org<br />
Melissa Herrington, Accounts Payable Analyst mherrington@cafhq.org<br />
Tiff<a title="Digital Dispatch, Feb 2020 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1f1c82ad?page=1"> U N I Q U E U N I T S • February 2020 | Volume </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, Feb 2020 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1f1c82ad?page=2"> EDITORS Leah Block, Editor Gilbert Martinez, Assi</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, Feb 2020 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1f1c82ad?page=3"> Contents 8 Machalniks Israel’s Volunteers </a>
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<a title="Digital Dispatch, Feb 2020 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1f1c82ad?page=10"> contributed to the Me-109s deadly legacy, but by </a>
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<a title="Digital Dispatch, Feb 2020 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1f1c82ad?page=14"> Night Witches: The Soviet’s Fierce Flying Females</a>
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<a title="Digital Dispatch, Feb 2020 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1f1c82ad?page=19"> Historic formation flight with the CAF’s A-26 Nig</a>
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