Changing the 32nd into the 78th?

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Changing the 32nd into the 78th?

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Changing the 32nd into the 78th? This is what I found on the Wikipedia page of the 78th Air Base Wing. Fake news or true?

“In 1989 the Dutch government allowed USAF to upgrade its headquarters unit at Soesterberg AB from squadron to group status. The story goes that the USAF wanted to change the 32nd into the 78th TFG but that the Dutch government didn't allow another number as not to stir up the people who were against the American presence in the Netherlands.”

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Re: Changing the 32nd into the 78th?

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As if any Dutch people besides aviation enthousiasts knew the Yankee unit was called 32nd....
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