Members of the 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, render honors to two fallen pilots from RAF Mildenhall, England, during a fallen soldier ceremony. Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Kenneth Hyvonen, USAF, 48th Operations Squadron, and Captain (CAPT) Kirk Jones, USAF, 493rd Fighter Squadron, disappeared off radar over Northern Scotland on March 26th. Search and rescue teams found the F-15C's wreckage and LCOL Hyvonen on March 27th and located CAPT Jones on March 28th. Investigations into the cause of the incident are still ongoing

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Members of the 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, render honors to two fallen pilots from RAF Mildenhall, England, during a fallen soldier ceremony. Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Kenneth Hyvonen, USAF, 48th Operations Squadron, and Captain (CAPT) Kirk Jones, USAF, 493rd Fighter Squadron, disappeared off radar over Northern Scotland on March 26th. Search and rescue teams found the F-15C's wreckage and LCOL Hyvonen on March 27th and located CAPT Jones on March 28th. Investigations into the cause of the incident are still ongoing

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Ramstein Air Base

State: Rheinland-Pfalz

Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John P. Snow, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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04/04/2001
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The U.S. National Archives
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