United States President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> authorizes the creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Air Force Academy">United States Air Force Academy</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs, Colorado</a>.<sup about="#mwt170" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-30"}}' id="cite_ref-30" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_1#cite_note-30" id="mwAQw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 30;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQ0">[30]</span></a></sup>
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