The Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, in partnership with the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, announced Jan. 7 that the remains of all 52 service members lost in the 1952 crash of an Air Force … Read More
Airman Sterling Newsome to receive full military honors at funeral 73 years after death
On November 22, 1952, Airman Newsome was on-board a transport aircraft with 52 other servicemembers heading to Alaska when the plane crashed into a mountain during severe weather. “The flight really became out of sight. … Read More
More fragments from 1952 crash in Alaska found in glacier
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — A lucky Buddha figurine, a flight suit, several 3-cent stamps, a crumpled 1952 Mass schedule for St. Patrick’s Church in Washington, D.C., and 480 bags containing individual human remains. … Read More