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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presents a folded flag to Barbara Allen, wife of Gen. Lew Allen Jr., at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., March 22, 2010. Allen served as chief of staff from July 1978 to July 1982.

REMEMBERING A CHIEF

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presents a folded flag to Barbara Allen, wife of Gen. Lew Allen Jr., at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., March 22, 2010. Allen served as chief of staff from July 1978 to July 1982.

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