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
MIA PFC Keith Bowen
Normally Honored Bound doesn’t deal with MIA servicemen/women but this one tugs at the heart. PFC Keith Bowen went missing while serving in WWII in January 1945. The VP of Honored Bound reached out to … Read More
Detroit pilot, his remains frozen in glacier for 70 years, finally laid to rest
Despite harsh weather, time, elevation and the odds: Identity. It was a fingerprint found in the ice last year that led to the discovery of 31-year-old Detroit U.S. Air Force Capt. William “Bill” Coombs, whose … Read More
Operation Colony Glacier 2023
Colony Glacier, Alaska, June 16, 2023. Operation Colony Glacier is an effort to recover the remains of service members and wreckage from a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed in November 1952 with 52 military members … Read More
CAPT Robert W Turnbull (2014)
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) — Never leave an Airman behind. These words are a staple in the Air Force and echoed by men and women every day through the Airman’s Creed. “I … Read More
Operational Loss Col Hoblit
Col. Noel Hoblit comes home from Toy Box Studios on Vimeo.
Trip to Dover, DE
Standing in front of the last C-124 Globemaster like the one my grandfather died on. ~until they all come home
2022 Alaska Trip (Gamble Chalk 1)
I have started my yearly trip to Alaska to look for Operational Loss servicemen/women and their missing planes. Stopped by Senator Lisa Murkowski and Daniel Sullivan’s office as well to tell them our story and … Read More
Arctic Angels’ assist with 2022 Colony Glacier recovery efforts
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — On November 22, 1952, a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster II flying from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, crashed into 9,629-foot Mount Gannett. All … Read More