The Virginia Air National Guard’s Virginia Beach-based 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers Squadron, 192nd Wing, conduct a memorial ceremony March 3, 2026, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to recognize the 25th anniversary of a plane crash which claimed the lives of 18 VaANG Airmen and three Florida Army National Guard aviators. During the ceremony, former and current 203rd RED HORSE Airmen as well as friends and family members remembered the fallen service members and placed a wreath at the 203rd RED HORSE memorial site at the State Military Reservation. Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, the Adjutant General of Virginia, attended the ceremony, and Col. Andrew M. Weidner, commander of the 192nd Wing, gave remarks during the ceremony. Cadets from the Commonwealth ChalleNGe Youth Academy also supported the event. (U.S. National Guard photo by Mike Vrabel)
| Date Taken: | 03.03.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 03.04.2026 16:17 |
| Photo ID: | 9549223 |
| VIRIN: | 260303-Z-RW533-1008 |
| Resolution: | 4394x2892 |
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| Location: | VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, US |
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