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Family, friends and shipmates pay their respects to LT. CDR. J. Stacy Bates and LT. Graham Alden Higgins outside AIRMAN Memorial Chapel in a memorial service for the fallen aviators. Bates and Higgins, attached to Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), the Blacklions, died when the F-14 Tomcat aircraft they were flying crashed near Nashville, Tennessee while returning from a cross-country flight on January 29, 1996

Overall view of the interior of the AIRMAN Memorial Chapel showing family, friends and shipmates attending a memorial service for LT. CDR. J. Stacy Bates and LT. Graham Alden Higgins. Bates and Higgins, attached to Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), died when the F-14 Tomcat aircraft they were flying crashed near Nashville, Tennessee while returning from a cross-country flight on January 29, 1996

The Naval Air Station Miramar honor guard, with M-14 .308 caliber rifles at their sides, stands at attention prior to a gun salute for LT. CDR. J. Stacy Bates and LT. Graham Alden Higgins outside AIRMAN Memorial Chapel during a memorial service for the aviators. Bates and Higgins, attached to Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), died when the F-14 Tomcat aircraft they were flying crashed near Nashville, Tennessee while returning from a cross-country flight on January 29, 1996

A US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) 347th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), 347th Rescue Wing (RW), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), plays Taps during a memorial ceremony retreat. On December 27th 2003, while visiting his father in Houston Texas, AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kevin A. Kerry, of the 347th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMS), was killed in an automobile accident

Squadrons gather as Honor Guard from the US Air Force (USAF) 347th Rescue Wing (RW), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), stand ready to perform retreat duties at a memorial ceremony, for a fallen AIRMAN. On December 27th 2003, while visiting his father in Houston Texas, AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kevin A. Kerry, of the 347th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMS), was killed in an automobile accident

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. Lance Bodine, Commander of the 551st Special Operations Squadron, escorts Yvette Plumhoff, widow of MAJ. Steven Pumhoff, to his squadron after the base dedicated a street sign in honor of her late husband at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., on Nov. 29, 2004. MAJ. Plumhoff, an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter pilot, was killed along with four others; Air Force STAFF SGT. Thomas A. Walkup Jr., TECH.SGT. Howard A. Walters, TECH. SGT. William J. Kerwood and U.S. Army SGT. MAJ. Philip R. Albert, in an MH-53 crash in Afghanistan on Nov 23, 2003. (PHOTO by Todd Berenger, CIV) (Released)

The Naval Air Station Miramar honor guard, equipped with M-14 .308 caliber rifles prepares to fire a gun salute for LT. CDR. J. Stacy Bates and LT. Graham Alden Higgins outside AIRMAN Memorial Chapel near San Diego. Bates and Higgins, attached to Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), the Blacklions, died when the F-14 Tomcat aircraft they were flying crashed near Nashville, Tennessee while returning from a cross-country flight on January 29, 1996

At a memorial service the 66th Rescue Squadron displays twelve wreaths with yellow roses and a photo of each airman killed in a helicopter accident. The service is in the Thunderbird Hangar, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, while hundreds gather to mourn the loss. The airmen died when two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters crashed 25 miles north of Indian Springs in the Pintwater Mountain Range, at night, during a simulated rescue mission of a survivor on the ground

A crowd of Family member and loved ones looks on as three US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters perform a flyover during the Memorial Service for USMC Major (MAJ) Jay T. Aubin, at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Yuma, Arizona (AZ). MAJ Aubin, a helicopter pilot assigned to Maine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (AWTS-1) was killed during a helicopter crash in Kuwait, while supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Family, friends and shipmates attend the memorial service for LT. CDR. J. Stacy Bates and LT. Graham Alden Higgins in AIRMAN Memorial Chapel at Naval Air Station Miramar near San Diego. Bates and Higgins, attached to Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), died when the F-14 Tomcat aircraft they were flying crashed while departing Nashville, Tennessee for a cross-country flight on January 29, 1996

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Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jeff Viano

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Ph 3 Jeff Viano, Cross Country Flight, Naval Air Station Miramar

An aircraft handler gets an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Black Lions of Fighter Squadron two One three (VF-213) into position for launch.

Overall view of the interior of the AIRMAN Memorial Chapel showing family, friends and shipmates attending a memorial service for LT. CDR. J. Stacy Bates and LT. Graham Alden Higgins. Bates and Higgins, attached to Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), died when the F-14 Tomcat aircraft they were flying crashed near Nashville, Tennessee while returning from a cross-country flight on January 29, 1996

An F-14 Tomcat prepares for launch during flight deck operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

US Navy (USN) F-14A Tomcat fighter, Fighter Squadron1 (VF-1), Wolfpack, Naval Air Station Miramar, California (CA), two ship formation in flight with Coronado and San Diego ahead of them. NAS North Island is the left. Exact date shot unknown

Members of the US Army (USA) 40th Division on a hike near Camp Kearny, California (CA). Note: In the future this area became the US Navy (USN) Naval Air Station Miramar. (Exact Date Shot Unknown)

Two F-14D Tomcats taxi near four F/A-18A+ Hornets after a training flight

An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Blacklions of Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213) launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

Flight deck personnel run to get behind the foul line

A shooter gives the signal to launch an F-14D Tomcat.

An F-14D Tomcat prepares to launch off of the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The Naval Air Station Miramar honor guard, with M-14 .308 caliber rifles at their sides, stands at attention prior to a gun salute for LT. CDR. J. Stacy Bates and LT. Graham Alden Higgins outside AIRMAN Memorial Chapel during a memorial service for the aviators. Bates and Higgins, attached to Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), died when the F-14 Tomcat aircraft they were flying crashed near Nashville, Tennessee while returning from a cross-country flight on January 29, 1996

An F-14 Tomcat assigned to the

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