Photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla White | 509th Bomb Wing | 08.30.2019
Ben Leitzel (second from left), father of Capt. Erik Leitzel, a pilot assigned to the 393rd Bomb Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, poses for a photo with his crew before a mission in 1999. The retired colonel flew 16 B-1 combat sorties During Operation Allied Force out of Royal Air Fore Fairford, where his own son would later serve. Erik Leitzel continued his family's aviator......
Courtesy Photo | 509th Bomb Wing | 08.30.2019
Don Currie, grandfather of Capt. Erik Leitzel, a pilot assigned to the 393rd Bomb Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, poses for a photo on the Deenethorpe Airfield, United Kingdom, flight line in front of a B-17 during WWII. Leitzel serves as a third-generation bomber pilot flying the B-2 Spirit, the U.S. Air Force's premier stealth bomber. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla White | 509th Bomb Wing | 08.30.2019
Capt. Erik Leitzel, a B-2 Spirit pilot assigned to the 393rd Bomb Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, stands for an interview with a British journalist on August 30, 2019, at Royal Air Force Fairford, England. Leitzel is a third-generation bomber pilot, following his grandfather and father, two retired Air Force colonels, who also served at or near RAF Fairford during their......
