Video by Senior Airman Caleb Vance | 130th Airlift Wing | 12.16.2019
On December 15, 2019, Brig. Gen. James Kemp McLaughlin (Ret.) passed away. A WWII veteran, McLaughlin served as a B-17 Pilot for 39 combat missions - some of those including the widely known "Black Thursday" bombings, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Schweinfurt Ball Bearing Bombings. In 1946 he returned to his home state, where he both founded and served as the first commander of the......
