52 FW honors POW/MIA Recognition Day

52 FW honors POW/MIA Recognition Day

Honor Guardsmen assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing perform a POW/MIA Missing Man table ceremony Sept. 20, 2024, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. A Missing Man table, also known as a fallen comrade table, is a memorial set up within military dining facilities and during official functions of the United States Armed Forces in honor of fallen, missing, or imprisoned service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)

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52 FW honors POW/MIA Recognition Day

A wreath is displayed during a POW/MIA Remembrance ceremony Sept. 20, 2024, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. 52nd Fighter Wing leadership rendered a ceremonial salute to the wreath to show respect and honor the Americans who remain unaccounted for as a consequence of all past and on-going conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)

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52 FW honors POW/MIA Recognition Day

Attendees of a POW/MIA Remembrance ceremony watch a video from guest speaker, Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Hayworth, 480th Fighter Generation Squadron aerospace propulsion craftsman and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency volunteer, Sept. 20, 2024, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Haworth serves as a linguist for DPAA, translating records from archives and interpreting during meetings with officials and witnesses within her area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)

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52 FW honors POW/MIA Recognition Day

U.S. Air Force Col. Ryan Ley, 52nd Fighter Wing deputy commander, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Richardson, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron senior enlisted leader, pay respects to a POW/MIA memorial wreath Sept. 20, 2024, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. It is traditional to lay wreaths in remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as to honor those who did not return. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)

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The 52nd Fighter Wing commemorated National POW/MIA Recognition Day with a ceremony at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Sept 20, 2024. The annual observance honors the service and sacrifice of Americans who were prisoners of war as well as those who served and never returned home. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Allison Payne)