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ieutenant Colonel Art Nalls retired from the U.S. Marine
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an airshow in Culpeper, Va.
One Marine’s
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RETIRED MILITARY AVIATOR ART
NALLS BOASTS ONE OF THE
SWEETEST RIDES ON THE
AIRSHOW CIRCUIT, HIS PERSONAL
SEA HARRIER
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wrote a one-page contract in
home office Nalls poses in
the cockpit of his Sea Harrier
between airshow flights.