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5-year-old girl battling cancer becomes pilot for the day at MacDill Air Force Base
By FOX 35 News Staff
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TAMPA, Fla. - Say hello to Honorary Capt. Ever Young!
The 5-year-old girl who is battling cancer had her wish come true to become a pilot-for-the-day at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. (MacDill Air Force Base)
Ever was given her official orders to be a pilot-for-the-day from Col. Benjamin Jonsson, 6th ARW commander, MacDill wrote on Facebook.
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During her visit, Capt. Ever Young was able to fly and land a simulator, tour a KC-135 Stratotanker and the Air Traffic Control Tower and enjoy lunch on base.
The B-1B bomber sits sleek and lethal on the flight line at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, ready for its unusual mission this weekend with a B-52 and B-2.
The new command shift, which is rooted in years of growing collaboration away from the limelight, promises to facilitate bilateral and regional security cooperation and burden sharing, while the IDF-EUCOM-CENTCOM experience sets the stage for the next frontier: U.S.-Israeli military dialogue on the China-Iran partnership.
Lt. Col. Jerry Koontz remembered for a life of military and civilian service to others James A. Jones Jr., The Bradenton Herald
Jan. 28 MANATEE Gerard F. Jerry Koontz Sr. of Bradenton, a career Air Force officer, who later led the United Way of Manatee County for 18 years, is being remembered for a lifetime of service.
Retired Lt. Col. Koontz died Jan. 19, 2021, at home, with his family at his side, following complications from a fall in October. He was 77. I am so blessed that he was my father. He was very loving and taught respect and kindness for others, his daughter, Kathe Neely, said. We always had dinner together with a prayer. He was the last to sit down and the last to get his plate. He was no different at home than in front of others: always generous and giving. It was a great family to grow up in.