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Balloons with personal messages written on them float skyward as Airmen assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard 249th Airlift Squadron, the U.S. Air Force 517th Airlift Squadron, and family members gather at the crash site of "Sitka 43" on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to remember the lives of their comrades and loved ones on the fifth anniversary of the accident, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. On July 28, 2010, a 3rd Wing C-17 Globemaster III, a cargo aircraft, crashed shortly after take-off at about 6:14 p.m. (Alaska time) during a local training mission. The four crew members on board were killed in the crash; Majors Michael Freyholtz and Aaron Malone, pilots assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard’s 249th Airlift Squadron, Capt. Jeffrey Hill, a pilot assigned to the 517th Airlift Squadron, and Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Cicardo, 249th Airlift Squadron loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
| Date Taken: | 07.28.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 07.30.2015 11:55 |
| Photo ID: | 2095575 |
| VIRIN: | 150728-F-LX370-007 |
| Resolution: | 3236x2237 |
| Size: | 2.93 MB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US |
| Web Views: | 104 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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