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In the movie “Top Gun,” San Diego is referred to as “Fightertown, USA.” With all due respect to Hollywood, Mississippi has multiple fightertowns, and I recently visited two of them:
More than 300 people gathered at the East Mississippi Veterans Memorial Park in Meridian, Miss., to recognize four National Guardsmen who died in a training accident and dedicate the park’s RF-4C Phantom II static aircraft display in their honor.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of Columbus Air Force Base in 1942. It is also the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate military branch.
East Mississippi Veterans Foundation completes RF-4C Phantom II Restoration for memorial park
After being waylaid by an accident last month, I had my first outing Thursday evening. It was to a gathering at Columbus Air Force Base of the Base honorary wingmen to say goodbye to Col. Seth Graham, commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing.