Photo by Senior Airman Skyler Combs | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 07.23.2021
Col. Nate Vogel, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, gives a speech at the unveiling of the Keeper of the Plains replica donated to the base July 23, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The ten-foot-tall Keeper was donated by the Friends of McConnell organization and designed by Vincent Fredericksen, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron base architect, and Staff Sgt. Trevor Bjelke, former 22nd......
Photo by Senior Airman Skyler Combs | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 07.23.2021
(From left to right) Col. Nate Vogel, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, Vincent Fredericksen, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron base architect, Angie Evans, Wichita artist, and Jack Pulley, president of Friends of McConnell, pose for a photo next to the Keeper of the Plains replica donated to the base July 23, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The ten-foot-tall Keeper was donated by the......
Photo by Senior Airman Skyler Combs | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 07.23.2021
The 52nd Keepers on Parade statue donated to McConnell Air Force Base stands outside of the base visitor center after its unveiling July 23, 2021, at McConnell AFB, Kansas. The ten-foot-tall Keeper of the Plains was donated by the Friends of McConnell organization and designed by Vincent Fredericksen, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron base architect, and Staff Sgt. Trevor Bjelke, former 22nd......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Roland John | USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) | 08.01.2018
180801-N-FA806-0004 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 1, 2018) Culinary Specialist Seaman Apprentice Destiny Bailey, from Chesapeake, Virginia, observes a replica of her new ship, the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The ship is underway conducting routine training exercises to maintain carrier readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Roland John)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross | 14th Flying Training Wing | 11.02.2017
Greg Underwood, Jim Henley and Cindy Bourassa scratch etch the name of Dennis J. Coll from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall onto a piece of paper Nov. 2, 2017, at the Veteran’s Memorial Park in Tupelo, Mississippi. Tupelo unveiled the wall during a ceremony Nov. 2; the wall had been a project in the works for numerous years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross | 14th Flying Training Wing | 11.02.2017
Greg Underwood, Jim Henley and Cindy Bourassa scratch etch the name of Dennis J. Coll from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall onto a piece of paper Nov. 2, 2017, at the Veteran’s Memorial Park in Tupelo, Mississippi. The wall is an exact 60-percent sized replica of the one that sits in Washington D.C., and stemmed from an idea a group in Tupelo had to build something that represented all the......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross | 14th Flying Training Wing | 11.02.2017
Visitors view the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Nov. 2, 2017, at the Veteran’s Memorial Park in Tupelo, Mississippi. The city of Tupelo, and Mississippi politicians and veterans from around the state gathered to unveil a 60-percent scaled sized wall of the one that sits in Washington D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross | 14th Flying Training Wing | 11.02.2017
Visitors view the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Nov. 2, 2017, at the Veteran’s Memorial Park in Tupelo, Mississippi. The city of Tupelo unveiled the wall Nov. 2 and as of May 2017 there are 58,318 names on the wall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Gross)...