A Ride on the Wild Side:

Feb. 28, 2006

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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has flown in a V-22 Osprey. Rumsfeld took one of the new tilt-rotor aircraft for a flight to Camp Lejune, N.C., on Feb. 24 to participate in the activation ceremony of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command, reports the Delaware County Daily Times.

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