The air force is to hold a ceremony in September to symbolically “bring home” 52 Air Force Academy cadets who were killed during World War II and buried in the US, a military source said yesterday.
On Sept. 3, Armed Forces Day, memorial plaques honoring the cadets are to be placed at the Air Force Cemetery in the Bitan (碧潭) area of New Taipei City’s Xindian District (新店), the source said, adding that a ritual to symbolize the return of the cadet’s spirits is to be part of the ceremony.
The decision to erect the memorial plaques was disclosed on Saturday by
Taipei, June 13 (CNA) The Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force will hold a ceremony in September to symbolically "bring home" 52 Air Force Academy cadets who were killed during World War II and buried in the United States, a military source said Monday.
Taipei, Jan. 16 (CNA) "Our hearts are still with him," father of Air Force Captain Chen Yi (陳奕), the F-16V pilot killed during a crash Tuesday, told CNA Sunday after he brought a framed photograph of Chen back to his home in Nantou County earlier in the day as part of a homecoming ritual for the deceased.
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Every time Chu Chen (朱震) flew deep into enemy territory, he knew there was a good chance he wasn’t coming back. With two-thirds of the Black Bat Squadron 148 members perishing between 1953 and 1967, the odds were not on his side.
Chu had several brushes with death during his six years with the CIA-supported Bats, once surviving only because his Chinese attacker ran out of ammunition. But he pulled through each time and completed a total of 33 missions, the squadron’s second highest. He lived to the age of 86, receiving a presidential