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  • Fallen Warrior: Ensign Jesse L. Brown

    For our Fallen Warrior commemoration this week, we remember U.S. Navy Ensign Jesse Brown, Strike Fighter Squadron 32 section lead.Native to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Brown was born on Oct. 13, 1926, and is the first African American aviator to have completed the Navy’s basic flight program.

  • Fallen Warrior: Master Sgt. Henry Erwin

    For our Fallen Warrior commemoration this week, we remember U.S. Army Air Forces Master Sgt. Henry Erwin, 52nd Bombardment Squadron radio operator.Erwin joined the Army Air Corps when the United States entered in WWII and completed basic training to be assigned to Taylor Field in Florida for flight

  • Fallen Warrior: Tech. Sgt. John Chapman

    For our Fallen Warrior commemoration this week, we remember Tech. Sgt. John Chapman, 24th Special Tactics Squadron combat controller.Chapman was born in Springfield, Mass. He joined the Air Force in 1985 and cross trained to become a combat controller, completing training in 1990.