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Retired Maj, Gen. Edward J. Mechenbier talks about the maintenance of the 'Hanoi Taxi', a C-141 Starlifter, with Staff Sgt. Jeremy First and Tech. Sgt. Mike Heaton, Air Force Reservists with the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on May 3. General Mechenbier, a former Prisoner of War was repatriated by the 'Hanoi Taxi' durning Operation Homecoming. General Mechenbier and about 120 other former POWs will take part in a weekend of aircraft retirement events May 5 and 6. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Kenny Kimbrell)