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A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress simulates damaged landing

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress simulates damaged landing

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress simulates damaged landing gear while flying for the Wings Over Whiteman air show on June 16, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, The Simulation demonstrates the amount of d... More

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, a bomber pilot

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, a bomber pilot

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, a bomber pilot in World War II, speaks to Airmen from the 118th Wing March 27, 2019 at Berry Field Air National Guard Base, Nashville, Tennessee. Neal visited the 118th W... More

Connecticut Governor Ned talks with first responders

Connecticut Governor Ned talks with first responders

Connecticut Governor Ned talks with first responders stationed at Bradley Air National Guard base, Oct. 30, 2019. Lamont visited the Air Base to personally thank the men and women involved with rescue efforts d... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Elliot Jennings with the

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Elliot Jennings with the

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Elliot Jennings with the 422nd Communications Squadron alongside other Airmen from the 501st Combat Support Wing hike up a mountain for the commemoration of a newly revitalized Worl... More

ARLINGTON, Va. --Maj. Gen. James Jacobson, Air Force

ARLINGTON, Va. --Maj. Gen. James Jacobson, Air Force

ARLINGTON, Va. --Maj. Gen. James Jacobson, Air Force District of Washington commander, and 2nd Lt. John Pedevillano stand by during a Purple Heart presentation ceremony in Pedevillano’s honor at the Air Force M... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Members of the United States

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Members of the United States

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Members of the United States Army Parachute Team, the "Golden Knights," take part in a demonstration jump over Joint Base Andrews during the annual Joint Base Andrws Air Show on Septem... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A pair of U.S. Air Force

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A pair of U.S. Air Force

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A pair of U.S. Air Force UH-1N Iroquis from the 1st Helicopter Squadron fly over the crowd during the 2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show on September 17, 2017. The 1st Helicopter Squadro... More

U.S. Army Spc. Alexis Trude-Hettinger, screens soil

U.S. Army Spc. Alexis Trude-Hettinger, screens soil

U.S. Army Spc. Alexis Trude-Hettinger, screens soil while excavating a crash site in search of wreckage and remains of a crew from a downed B-17 bomber lost during World War II, August 1, 2018. Trude-Hettinger ... More

Chris Lewney spreads his grandfather’s ashes at the

Chris Lewney spreads his grandfather’s ashes at the

Chris Lewney spreads his grandfather’s ashes at the RAF Alconbury flagpoles Oct. 26. Retired Tech. Sgt. Emil Dihlmann served at RAF Alconbury from 1943 to 1945 and he had such fond memories of his time there th... More

Col. Charles Hamilton, 422nd Air Base Group commander,

Col. Charles Hamilton, 422nd Air Base Group commander,

Col. Charles Hamilton, 422nd Air Base Group commander, speaks during a memorial service for the crew of the Sharon Belle, who lost their lives in a crashed in at the Astwell Castle Farms in 1943. The village an... More

U.S. Army Capt. Brandon Lucas puts some extra weight

U.S. Army Capt. Brandon Lucas puts some extra weight

U.S. Army Capt. Brandon Lucas puts some extra weight behind a shovel during a recovery operation near the town of Abbeville France, August 6, 2018. Lucas is leading a 24 member team on a 57-day mission to reco... More

Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, stand with the American flag, and the POW/MIA flag on the wreckage of a B-17 bomber that was shot ... More

A B-17 on display for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint

A B-17 on display for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint

A B-17 on display for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 30, 2015. The 89th Airlift Wing maintains and operates 'Air Force One' and 14 other special air mission platforms. (U.S. Air Force p... More

Firefighters stationed at Bradley Air National Guard

Firefighters stationed at Bradley Air National Guard

Firefighters stationed at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn. await the arrival of Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, October 30, 2019. Lamont honored the firefighters for their response to a B-17... More

Air Force Junior ROTC cadets from Warner Robins High

Air Force Junior ROTC cadets from Warner Robins High

Air Force Junior ROTC cadets from Warner Robins High School thank World War II veterans for their service, during a reception held at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Ga. on Aug. 21. John Barrett, an Ar... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Todd Carlstrom with the

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Todd Carlstrom with the

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Todd Carlstrom with the 422nd Communications Squadron climbs to the top of a mountain peak during the commemoration of a newly revitalized World War II monument on the Arenig Fawr m... More

Mr. Eifion Roberts (right), Mayor of Bala, presents

Mr. Eifion Roberts (right), Mayor of Bala, presents

Mr. Eifion Roberts (right), Mayor of Bala, presents a member of the Royal Air Force a memorial plate during the commemoration of a newly revitalized World War II monument on the Arenig Fawr mountainside in Snow... More

B-17 undergoes heavy maintenance in Oklahoma City in 1942.

B-17 undergoes heavy maintenance in Oklahoma City in 1942.

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress undergoes heavy engine maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Depot in this undated photo from 1942. B-17s received Norden bombsight upgrades at the facility. Courtesy photo Tinker A... More

Expeditionary Advanced Base 2 Operations

Expeditionary Advanced Base 2 Operations

U.S. Marines with Battery R, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, establish a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System firing position on San Clemente Island, California, to conduct sea denial... More

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, center left,

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, center left,

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, center left, a bomber pilot in World War II, is briefed by Airmen from the 118th Wing March 27, 2019 at Berry Field Air National Guard Base, Nashville, Tennessee. Neal vi... More

Members of the 422nd Air Base Group and village of

Members of the 422nd Air Base Group and village of

Members of the 422nd Air Base Group and village of Helmdon look at old photos and documents of the crew of the Sharon Belle, who lost their lives in a crashed in at the Astwell Castle Farms in 1943. The village... More

(From left) Clyde Mathe, Donald Meck and Durward Swanson,

(From left) Clyde Mathe, Donald Meck and Durward Swanson,

(From left) Clyde Mathe, Donald Meck and Durward Swanson, B-17 crew members during World War II, render honors during the singing of the national anthem at a reception in the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins... More

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Commander Col. Michael

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Commander Col. Michael

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Commander Col. Michael D. Henderson gives remarks June 12 during the Bakers Creek Memorial Ceremony, commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the air crash in Queensland, Australia, ... More

A B-17 Flying Fortress flies over the skies of Olympia,

A B-17 Flying Fortress flies over the skies of Olympia,

A B-17 Flying Fortress flies over the skies of Olympia, Wash., May 10, 2017. The B-17 had 13, 50-caliber M2 Browning machine guns for defense. The long range capabilities of the B-17 meant they would often fly ... More

U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Kenneth Townsend,

U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Kenneth Townsend,

U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Kenneth Townsend, with the 422nd Communication Squadron, crosses a river in route to the commemoration of a newly revitalized World War II monument on the Arenig Fawr mountains... More

Astwell Castle Farm (located about one mile east of

Astwell Castle Farm (located about one mile east of

Astwell Castle Farm (located about one mile east of the village of Helmdon) is shown as it sits today, however on Nov. 30, 1943, it was a much different scene. A B-17 bomber from the 327th Bombardment Squadron... More

Navy Diver 2nd Class Jason Geissler, assigned to Mobile

Navy Diver 2nd Class Jason Geissler, assigned to Mobile

Navy Diver 2nd Class Jason Geissler, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, operates a suction dredge system during an underwater recovery operation in the Mediterranean Sea in search of an un... More

Chief Navy Diver Eric Eberle, assigned to Mobile Diving

Chief Navy Diver Eric Eberle, assigned to Mobile Diving

Chief Navy Diver Eric Eberle, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, inspects the operation a suction dredge system during an underwater recovery operation in the Mediterranean Sea in search o... More

Members of the West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG)

Members of the West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG)

Members of the West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) honor guard look on as the casket of Brig. Gen. (ret.) James Kemp McLaughlin arrives, Dec. 23, 2019, in Charleston, W.Va. McLaughlin was a World War II B-... More

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont speaks with firefighters

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont speaks with firefighters

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont speaks with firefighters stationed at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn., during a visit to the base, October 30, 2019. Lamont honored the firefighters for their... More

Col. Jeffrey King, Robins’ installation and 78th Air

Col. Jeffrey King, Robins’ installation and 78th Air

Col. Jeffrey King, Robins’ installation and 78th Air Base Wing commander, greets John Barrett, Army veteran, during a reception at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Ga., Aug. 21. Barrett – a private firs... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant Dusty Gerhardt, a

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant Dusty Gerhardt, a

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant Dusty Gerhardt, a member of the United States Army Parachute Team, the "Golden Knights," takes part in a demonstration jump over Joint Base Andrews during the annual Joint Bas... More

Mr. Dilwyn Morgan, Gwynedd County Councillor, speaks

Mr. Dilwyn Morgan, Gwynedd County Councillor, speaks

Mr. Dilwyn Morgan, Gwynedd County Councillor, speaks to U.S. Air Force Airmen and attendees during the commemoration of a newly revitalized World War II monument on the Arenig Fawr mountainside in Snowdonia, Wa... More

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29,

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29,

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29, Necessary Evil, holds a photo he took during the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Gackenbach, who with photos from U.S. Army Air F... More

Navy Diver 2nd Class Cody Creger, assigned to Mobile

Navy Diver 2nd Class Cody Creger, assigned to Mobile

Navy Diver 2nd Class Cody Creger, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, operates a suction dredge during an underwater recovery operation in the Mediterranean Sea in search of an unaccounted-... More

The first sections of an iconic World War II-era B-17

The first sections of an iconic World War II-era B-17

The first sections of an iconic World War II-era B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber arrived at the Museum of Aviation at Robins on Aug. 20. The aircraft which had previously been on outdoor public display at Grissom... More

Navy Divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit

Navy Divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit

Navy Divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, are raised to the surface after completing a dive during an underwater recovery operation in the Mediterranean Sea in search of an unaccounte... More

A B-17 on display for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint

A B-17 on display for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint

A B-17 on display for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 30, 2015. The 89th Airlift Wing maintains and operates 'Air Force One' and 14 other special air mission platforms. (U.S. Air Force p... More

A B-17 Flying Fortress sits alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker

A B-17 Flying Fortress sits alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker

A B-17 Flying Fortress sits alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to RAF Mildenhall Sept. 24, 2015, at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans, La. The B-17 is a four-engine heavy bo... More

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Cross, Chief of Fire Emergency

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Cross, Chief of Fire Emergency

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Cross, Chief of Fire Emergency Services assigned to the 103rd Airlift Wing, addresses an audience at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Conn., during a visit from Connecticut... More

A plaque hangs on the wall inside the Parish Church

A plaque hangs on the wall inside the Parish Church

A plaque hangs on the wall inside the Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene in memorial to a B-17 air crew killed when their plane crashed at Astwell Castle Farms in 1943. Members of the 422nd Air Base Group and ... More

A B-17 on display for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint

A B-17 on display for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint

A B-17 on display for the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 30, 2015. The 89th Airlift Wing maintains and operates 'Air Force One' and 14 other special air mission platforms. (U.S. Air Force p... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant First Class, Brian

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant First Class, Brian

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant First Class, Brian Karst, a member of the United States Army Parachute Team, the "Golden Knights," takes part in a demonstration jump over Joint Base Andrews during the annual... More

Chief Navy Diver Eric Eberle, left, and Navy Diver

Chief Navy Diver Eric Eberle, left, and Navy Diver

Chief Navy Diver Eric Eberle, left, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Jason Geissler, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, operate a suction dredge system during an underwater recovery operation in t... More

Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, the West Virginia National Guard

Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, the West Virginia National Guard

Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, the West Virginia National Guard Adjutant General, renders a salute as members of the West Virginia Air National Guard Honor Guard deliver the casket of Brig. Gen. (ret.) James Kemp McLau... More

U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (right), 501st Combat

U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (right), 501st Combat

U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (right), 501st Combat Support Wing chaplain, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Jeremy Wortham (left), 501st Combat Support Wing chaplain assistance, hike up a mountain for the... More

Retired Lt. Col. Richard Burdette poses for a photo

Retired Lt. Col. Richard Burdette poses for a photo

Retired Lt. Col. Richard Burdette poses for a photo with his F-16 Fighting Falcon at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., in 1990. According to him, the best pilot from the three generations in his family was his fat... More

U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (right), 501st Combat

U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (right), 501st Combat

U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (right), 501st Combat Support Wing chaplain, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Jeremy Wortham (left), 501st Combat Support Wing chaplain assistance, hike up a mountain for the... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A replica of a World War

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A replica of a World War

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A replica of a World War 2-era Japaneze Zero fighter aircraft flies over a pyrotechnic display during the 2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show on September 17, 2017. The aircraft belongs t... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A replica of a World War

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A replica of a World War

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A replica of a World War 2-era Japaneze Zero fighter aircraft flies over a pyrotechnic display during the 2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show on September 17, 2017. The aircraft belongs t... More

This is the 379 Bombardment Group shoulder patch Capt.

This is the 379 Bombardment Group shoulder patch Capt.

This is the 379 Bombardment Group shoulder patch Capt. Shawn Jensen, a RC-135 Rivet Joint pilot with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron, wears. Jensen wears the patch because it reminds him of his g... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Members of the United States

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Members of the United States

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - Members of the United States Army Parachute Team, the "Golden Knights," take part in a demonstration jump over Joint Base Andrews during the annual Joint Base Andrws Air Show on Septem... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A B-25 owned by the Delaware

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A B-25 owned by the Delaware

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A B-25 owned by the Delaware Aviation Museum conducts a flyover during the 2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show on September 17, 2017. A variety of presentations from military services and... More

The Memphis Belle replica, a B-17 heavy bomber assigned

The Memphis Belle replica, a B-17 heavy bomber assigned

The Memphis Belle replica, a B-17 heavy bomber assigned to the 91st Bomber Group, arrived at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., March 13, 2018. The Memphis Belle was the second B-17 to complete 25 successful mission... More

U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (left), 501st Combat

U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (left), 501st Combat

U.S. Air Force Captain Hans Decker (left), 501st Combat Support Wing chaplain, speaks with Mr. Richard Evans prior to the commemoration of a newly revitalized World War II monument on the Arenig Fawr mountainsi... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A B-25 bomber is reflected

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A B-25 bomber is reflected

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. - A B-25 bomber is reflected in the sunglases of Stephen "Chappie" Chapis during the 2017 Joint Base Andrews Air Show on September 17, 2017. The aircraft belongs to the "Delaware Aviatio... More

The Memphis Belle replica, a B-17 heavy bomber assigned

The Memphis Belle replica, a B-17 heavy bomber assigned

The Memphis Belle replica, a B-17 heavy bomber assigned to the 91st Bomber Group, arrived at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., March 13, 2018. The bomb scope was used to drop a payload against enemies during World ... More

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Cross, Connecticut Air National

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Cross, Connecticut Air National

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Cross, Connecticut Air National Guard fire chief, dons his fire helmet at the Bradley Air National Guard Fire Station Nov. 3, 2019 East Granby, Conn. Bradley firefighters provide mutual... More

Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, stand with the American flag, and the POW/MIA flag on the wreckage of a B-17 bomber that was shot ... More

Erwin Ross, Robins Museum of Aviation restoration

Erwin Ross, Robins Museum of Aviation restoration

Erwin Ross, Robins Museum of Aviation restoration specialist, straps a B-17 “Flying Fortress” engine to a forklift. The first sections of the iconic World War II-era bomber arrived at the museum on Aug. 20. The... More

Richard Lewney pauses after spreading his father-in-law’s

Richard Lewney pauses after spreading his father-in-law’s

Richard Lewney pauses after spreading his father-in-law’s ashes at the RAF Alconbury flagpoles Oct. 26. Retired Tech. Sgt. Emil Dihlmann served at RAF Alconbury from 1943 to 1945 and he had such fond memories o... More

U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Kearse searches through 30 pounds

U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Kearse searches through 30 pounds

U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Kearse searches through 30 pounds of soil looking for evidence of a B-17 Bomber lost during World War II, August 1, 2018. Kearse is a recovery team member working with the Defense POW/MIA ... More

Col. Jeffrey King, Robins’ installation and 78th Air

Col. Jeffrey King, Robins’ installation and 78th Air

Col. Jeffrey King, Robins’ installation and 78th Air Base Wing commander, addresses an audience Aug. 21 during a reception at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Ga. The reception honored veterans who serv... More

The 422nd Air Base Group Honor Guard presents the colors

The 422nd Air Base Group Honor Guard presents the colors

The 422nd Air Base Group Honor Guard presents the colors during the singing of the U.S. national anthem during a memorial service in the Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Helmdon Nov. 2. The ceremony honor... More

A 77-year-old B-17 nicknamed Aluminum Overcast flies

A 77-year-old B-17 nicknamed Aluminum Overcast flies

A 77-year-old B-17 nicknamed Aluminum Overcast flies over Olympia, Wash., May 10, 2017. During WWII, the B-17 had a crew of 10 men, a maximum speed of 287 miles per hour, and a maximum ceiling of 35,600 feet. (... More

A member of the Royal Air Force hikes to the top of

A member of the Royal Air Force hikes to the top of

A member of the Royal Air Force hikes to the top of a mountain peak during the commemoration of a newly revitalized World War II monument on the Arenig Fawr mountainside in Snowdonia, Wales on September 4, 2019... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 501st Combat Support

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 501st Combat Support

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 501st Combat Support Wing, members of the Royal Air Force, and local community members prepare to climb to the top of a mountain peak during the commemoration of a newly revitaliz... More

Mr. Richard Evans, rededication coordinator and hiking

Mr. Richard Evans, rededication coordinator and hiking

Mr. Richard Evans, rededication coordinator and hiking enthusiast, speaks with U.S. Air Force Airman Blake Levine, with the 422nd Communication Squadron, during he commemoration of a newly revitalized World War... More

A B-17 Flying Fortress flies through the sky during

A B-17 Flying Fortress flies through the sky during

A B-17 Flying Fortress flies through the sky during a performance at the Thunder Over Cedar Creek Lake air show July 4, 2020, Cedar Creek Lake, Texas. The air show featured numerous military active-service and ... More

2nd Lt. Harry Burdette(top right), 379th Bombardment

2nd Lt. Harry Burdette(top right), 379th Bombardment

2nd Lt. Harry Burdette(top right), 379th Bombardment B-17 Flying Fortress pilot, shown here with his crew at Kimbolton, England, is the grandfather of Capt. Shawn Jensen, a RC-135 Rivet Joint pilot with the 763... More

In honor of the 75th anniversary of Hill Air Force

In honor of the 75th anniversary of Hill Air Force

In honor of the 75th anniversary of Hill Air Force Base, the Experimental Aircraft Association’s B-17 “Aluminum Overcast” passes over Hangar 1, one of the oldest permanent buildings on Hill Air Force Base, Utah... More

Navy Diver 2nd Class Cody Creger, assigned to Mobile

Navy Diver 2nd Class Cody Creger, assigned to Mobile

Navy Diver 2nd Class Cody Creger, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, operates a suction dredge during an underwater recovery operation in the Mediterranean Sea in search of an unaccounted-... More

Donald Meck -- B-17 gunner who trained with the Berneburg

Donald Meck -- B-17 gunner who trained with the Berneburg

Donald Meck -- B-17 gunner who trained with the Berneburg crew while in Mississippi and flew the B-17 D-Day Dottie during his tour in England -- reflects on his service during a reception held at the Museum of ... More

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, center left,

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, center left,

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Jerry Neal, center left, a bomber pilot in World War II, and his wife Camilla Neal, center, pose for a group photo with Airmen from the 118th Wing March 27, 2019 at Berry Field Air N... More

U.S. Army Pfc. David Harris, pumps out ten push-ups

U.S. Army Pfc. David Harris, pumps out ten push-ups

U.S. Army Pfc. David Harris, pumps out ten push-ups while competing in a physical fitness challenge during a recovery mission, searching for the remains of airmen missing from a B-17 Bomber lost during World Wa... More

Navy Diver 2nd Class Jason Geissler, assigned to Mobile

Navy Diver 2nd Class Jason Geissler, assigned to Mobile

Navy Diver 2nd Class Jason Geissler, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, operates a suction dredge system during an underwater recovery operation in the Mediterranean Sea in search of an un... More

Mike Rowland, Museum of Aviation curator, addresses

Mike Rowland, Museum of Aviation curator, addresses

Mike Rowland, Museum of Aviation curator, addresses an audience during a reception held at the museum in Warner Robins, Ga., Aug. 21. The reception honored veterans who served aboard B-17s and celebrated the ar... More

Senior Airman Donald Lambert, a member of the 130th

Senior Airman Donald Lambert, a member of the 130th

Senior Airman Donald Lambert, a member of the 130th Airlift Wing Honor Guard, inspects a flag before handing it off at the funeral of Brig. Gen. (ret.) James Kemp McLaughlin on Dec. 23, 2019, in Charleston, W.V... More

Mike Rowland, Museum of Aviation curator, addresses

Mike Rowland, Museum of Aviation curator, addresses

Mike Rowland, Museum of Aviation curator, addresses an audience during a reception held at the museum in Warner Robins, Ga., Aug. 21. The reception honored veterans who served aboard B-17s and celebrated the ar... More

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29

Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, holds a photo he took during the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Gackenbach is the last surviving c... More

This painting of a B-17 Flying Fortress, like the one

This painting of a B-17 Flying Fortress, like the one

This painting of a B-17 Flying Fortress, like the one flown by Capt. Shawn Jensen's grandfather 2nd Lt. Harry Burdette in World War II against Nazi Germany, displays the 379th Bombardment Group's assigned code ... More

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Kourtney Smith, with

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Kourtney Smith, with

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Kourtney Smith, with the 422 Air Base Group, hikes alongside members of the local community up a mountain for the commemoration of a newly revitalized World War II monument on ... More

161208-N-DX698-036 CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii (Dec. 8,

161208-N-DX698-036 CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii (Dec. 8,

161208-N-DX698-036 CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii (Dec. 8, 2016) Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Harry Harris welcomes the WWII and former POW veteran, Sgt. George Emerson and his wife during their visit to the ... More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant First Class Mike

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant First Class Mike

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -Sergeant First Class Mike Koch, a member of the United States Army Parachute Team, the "Golden Knights," takes part in a demonstration jump over Joint Base Andrews during the annual Jo... More

Lisa Fruge Cirilli, BAE Assistance and Aerospace Industry

Lisa Fruge Cirilli, BAE Assistance and Aerospace Industry

Lisa Fruge Cirilli, BAE Assistance and Aerospace Industry Committee chairperson, gets a model B-17 aircraft autographed by a group of World War II veterans during a reception Aug. 21 at the Museum of Aviation i... More

Tech. Sgt. William Arnold (left) and Tech. Sgt. Roger

Tech. Sgt. William Arnold (left) and Tech. Sgt. Roger

Tech. Sgt. William Arnold (left) and Tech. Sgt. Roger Pettit, both members of the 130th Airlift Wing, stand by the casket of Brig. Gen. (ret.) James Kemp McLaughlin during funeral services, Dec. 23, 2019, in Ch... More

Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, the West Virginia National Guard

Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, the West Virginia National Guard

Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, the West Virginia National Guard Adjutant General, delivers a speech at the funeral of Brig. Gen. (ret.) James Kemp McLaughlin on Dec. 23, 2019, in Charleston, W.Va. McLaughlin was a Worl... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 422nd Air Base Group,

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 422nd Air Base Group,

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 422nd Air Base Group, members of the Royal Air Force, and local community members climb to the top of a mountain peak during the commemoration of a newly revitalized World War II ... More

1st. Lt. George Wilson (First row, far left) poses

1st. Lt. George Wilson (First row, far left) poses

1st. Lt. George Wilson (First row, far left) poses with his B-17 crew in an undated photograph. Wilson was later killed in action when his B-17 took groundfire on the crews thirds mission over German occupied F... More

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont shakes hands with Airmen

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont shakes hands with Airmen

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont shakes hands with Airmen from the 103rd Airlift Wing, stationed at Bradley Air National Guard Base, and Soldiers of the 14th Civil Support Team out of Camp Hartnell in Windsor Lo... More

U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. (ret) Raymond Firmani,

U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. (ret) Raymond Firmani,

U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. (ret) Raymond Firmani, World War II B-17 pilot, meets with Delaware Air National Guard leadership at the conclusion of a Hangar Talk at New Castle Air National Guard Base Del., Aug. ... More

World War II veteran Ray Morasca looks down on Salinas

World War II veteran Ray Morasca looks down on Salinas

World War II veteran Ray Morasca looks down on Salinas Valley during a flight in a B-17 bomber Sept. 25.

Retired Tech. Sgt. Emil Dihlmann poses for a picture

Retired Tech. Sgt. Emil Dihlmann poses for a picture

Retired Tech. Sgt. Emil Dihlmann poses for a picture with his great granddaughter at the soldier’s Home in Holyoke, Mass., in early 2013. Dihlmann served at RAF Alconbury from 1943 to 1945 and he had such fond ... More

Soldiers of 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored

Soldiers of 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored

Soldiers of 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stand in formation during a dedication ceremony in Mosina, Poland, March 18, 2017, of a memorial to two U.S. A... More

Members of the "Fellowship of the Baguette" search

Members of the "Fellowship of the Baguette" search

Members of the "Fellowship of the Baguette" search for remains of an aircraft crash in a wheat field near Monchy-Cayeux, France, July 8, 2019. The team, led by Tech. Sgt. Erik Bornemeier of the Utah Air Nationa... More

The 422nd Air Base Group Honor Guard salutes the memorial

The 422nd Air Base Group Honor Guard salutes the memorial

The 422nd Air Base Group Honor Guard salutes the memorial for 10 Airmen killed when their B-17 bomber crashed in at the Astwell Castle Farms in 1943 during a memorial service in the Parish Church of St. Mary Ma... More

Durward Swanson, Army Air Force veteran, autographs

Durward Swanson, Army Air Force veteran, autographs

Durward Swanson, Army Air Force veteran, autographs a B-17 model aircraft during a reception Aug. 21at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Ga. Swanson arrived at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii in 1939. Surv... More

Capt. Shawn Jensen, a RC-135 Rivet Joint pilot with

Capt. Shawn Jensen, a RC-135 Rivet Joint pilot with

Capt. Shawn Jensen, a RC-135 Rivet Joint pilot with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron, is from San Antonio, Texas. His grandfather, 2nd Lt. Harry Burdette, began his pilot training at what is today... More

A B-17 Flying Fortress flies in the skies with a C-47

A B-17 Flying Fortress flies in the skies with a C-47

A B-17 Flying Fortress flies in the skies with a C-47 during a performance at the Thunder over Cedar Creek Lake air show July 4, 2020, Cedar Creek Lake, Texas. The air show features numerous active-service and ... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 422nd Air Base Group

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 422nd Air Base Group

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 422nd Air Base Group salute a newly commemorated World War II monument on the Arenig Fawr mountainside in Snowdonia, Wales on September 4, 2019. The original memorial plaque was e... More

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