Salute to our Veterans

Thank you, Veterans! We are the land of the free because of the brave!

"Wings of Freedom Tour"    February 10-15, 2012

Candy Girl and WW II Veteran Staff Sergeant Jerold "Jerry" Mervis, 33rd Bomb Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group "Red Raiders"

WW II Veteran, 449th Bomb Group, B-24   Staff Sergeant Kenneth Baker and his wife Barbara after a flight on the B-24

 Ernie Oelbermann, 390th Bomb Group B-17

 The B-17

Mark Murphy, Derick Ward & Aaron Malone from the Collings Foundation "Wings of Freedom Tour" escorted Keith Andrews, a former WWII P-51 pilot on a flight in Ft. Myers

1st Liutenant Ed Lukach (left) and his son Ed Jr.after a flight on the B-17 

Captain Carlton Claybaugh worked on the B-17 and shared his scrapbook at the "Wings of Freedom" event in Venice

Staff Sergeant Edward Grancagnolo 450th Bomb Group, 723rd Squadron

2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Schott, 7th Ferry Command Navigator

1st Lieutenant Fred Rentz, 467th Bomb Group

Master Sergeant Wayne Mountford, Crew Chief and his bride of 70 years, Ruth!