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Running for remembrance
November 13, 2019
U.S. Air Force Airmen run with the POW/MIA flag at the Shellbank Fitness Center outdoor track on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 20, 2019.
JBLE observes POW/MIA Recognition Day
September 25, 2019
U.S. Air Force Airmen with the Langley Air Force Base Honor Guard raise the POW/MIA flag at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 20, 2019. On the second day of the event, the POW/MIA flag was raised at the POW/MIA memorial on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marcus M. Bullock)
POW/MIA Recognition Day: Remembering our heroes
September 21, 2016
U.S. Air Force Col. Donald Borchelt, 1st Fighter Wing vice commander, and U.S. Air Force retired Lt. Col. Barry Bridger, begin the 24-hour run to honor all prisoners of war and service members missing in action during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Sept. 15, 2016. Bridger was a prisoner of war in “Hanoi Hilton” prison camp for six years during the Vietnam War. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tristan Biese)
Langley hosts Shine award ceremony
August 16, 2016
The 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015 Lt. Col. Anthony C. Shine Fighter Pilot Award winners received engraved knives from Shine’s family during a ceremony at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Aug. 11, 2016. U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Deale, Air Combat Command Headquarters director of operations, presented the winners the awards with the Shine family. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. R. Alex Durbin)
Laid to rest: Fighter pilot remains found 72 years later
August 15, 2016
The remains of U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. Robert L. McIntosh were recently found after more than 72 years after his disappearance and were laid to rest in his hometown of Tipton, Indiana, Aug. 13, 2016. In 1944, the 27th Fighter Squadron P-38 Lightning pilot departed Foggia Airfield, Italy, on a strafing mission and never returned.