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T H E E M P I R E O F J A PA N • June 2020 | Volume 45 | Number 6<br />
THE EMPIRE OF THE<br />
RISING SUN<br />
EDITORS<br />
Leah Block, Editor<br />
Gilbert Martinez, Jr., Assistant Editor<br />
CORRESPONDENTS<br />
Hank Coates Dennis M. Weidner<br />
Dave Flood Randy Wilson<br />
Gilbert Martinez, Jr.<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 llinguist@cafhq.org<br />
April Robinson, Unit Finance Coordinator arobinson@cafhq.org<br />
Melissa Herrington, Accounts Payable Analyst mherrington@cafhq.org<br />
Jim Lasche, Chief Aviation Officer jlasche@cafhq.org<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=1"> T H E E M P I R E O F J A PA N • June 2020 | Vo</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=2"> EDITORS Leah Block, Editor Gilbert Martinez, Jr.,</a>
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<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=4"> Flightlead THE WORLD WE LIVE IN For the past few</a>
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<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=7"> SHIDO MINZOKU - LEADING RACE Race played a major</a>
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<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=12"> WWII Japanese, German and American Aircraft Comp</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=13"> MITSUBISHI A6M2 ZERO PURPOSE: The A6M2 served bot</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=14"> EUROPEAN THEATER P-51D MUSTANG PURPOSE: First Al</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=15"> FOCKE-WULF 190 A-3 PURPOSE: Remarkably versatile,</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=16"> A LEGEND IS BORN Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero b</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=17"> the 875 hp Zuisei 13 and the 1,070 hp Kinsei 64, </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=18"> During the attack of Dutch Harbor on June 3, 1942</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=19"> WATCHING THE WINGS </a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=20"> CAF FLYOVER COVERAGE SOUTHERN CALIFORN</a>
<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=21"> PHOENIX Friday, May 8th, at 9 a.m. VE Day - CAF A</a>
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<a title="Digital Dispatch, June2020 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/811cc13d?page=24"> The Commemorative Air Force is the ultimate exper</a>