took them from hanoi to the phillipines. historic airplane now at the air force museum in wright patterson air force base, ohio. the base closed as the reaction of a program called brach where the government decided to close a number of their military installations throughout the united states. norton was one of those and this display is dedicate the to the closure of norton and shows the last flag that flew over the headquarters building during the closing ceremony. they had a commemorative wine bottle given to each of the participants and this is from that event that is highlighted here. and right here is the uniform of the last base commander and wing commander, colonel underwood and he is still in the area and still a supporter of the museum. when the base closed, the san bernandino and inland empire lost a lot of jobs, about 8,000 to 10,000 military and civilian jobs left the greater area and went on to other employment or retired here and called their careers over. the base was transitioned into the san bernandino inte