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AGE Pfalz D.XII fi rst ap-
peared on the Western Front
in mid-1918. It w
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as built as
ARTIME ROLE of the Air and Army National
a replacement for the out-
Guard has expanded dramatically since Sept. 11, 2001
dated Albatros D.Va, the Fok-
— and so, too, have the responsibilities of Lt. Gen. H.
ker triplane, and earlier Pfalz
Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau.
designs. The wartime his-
With passage of the National Guard Empowerment
tory of this particular aircraft
Act, as part of the FY 2008 Defense Authorization
is obscure. After the war it
Bill President George W. Bush signed in January, the
was one of two Pfalz D.XIIs
Guard bureau became a defense activity removed
brought to this country as part
from under the Army. ■ Its chief also is slated to be-
of Allied reparations Howard
come a four-star offi cer, refl ecting an additional role
Hughes later. purchased it for
as principal advisor on Guard issues to the defense
his fi lm Hell's Angels. The ai
50 MILITARY OFFICER MONTH 2005 PHOTO: STEVE BARRETT
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