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MEMORANDUM FOR 401 2 9 OCT 20%

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FROM: 
l00 Bartley Street. Command Suite
Hurlburt Field 32544

Popular Name Request for 30.! Aircraft

l. Request approval to assign a popular name to aerospace vehicles.

2. Air Force Special Operations Command will acquire a variant oi?the KC-I3OJ. designated the
to recapitalize the aging Mil?130 ?eet. Due to the multimission designation, AFSOC
requests assignment ofaircraft names that embody the lineage of special operations forces
aircraft.

3. variants equipped to ll}! refueling missions will be called the ?Combat Shadow 
and MC-ISOJ variants equipped to fly penetrator in?li?ex?l missions will be called the "Combat
'I'alon 

4. Other names considered during this process were Commando II and Combat Knife.

5. Request suspense 0126 Feb 2010 for popular name approval Questions may be directed to
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DONALD C. 
Lieutenant General, SAF
Commander

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668 AESS Concun'ence