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    Whiteman AFB B-2 pilot follows grandfather, father’s footsteps

    FAIRFORD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM

    08.30.2019

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla White 

    509th Bomb Wing

    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 legacy when he became a third-generation bomber pilot, flying the B-2 Spirit, the U.S. Air Force's premier stealth bomber. (Courtesy photo)

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    Date Taken: 08.30.2019
    Date Posted: 09.20.2019 08:33
    Photo ID: 5767925
    VIRIN: 190830-F-F3340-1002
    Resolution: 548x768
    Size: 93.64 KB
    Location: FAIRFORD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GB
    Hometown: DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS, US
    Hometown: HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, US

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