The Naval Air Station Miramar honor guard, with M-14 .308 caliber rifles at their sides, stands at attention prior to a gun salute for LT. CDR. J. Stacy Bates and LT. Graham Alden Higgins outside AIRMAN Memorial Chapel during a memorial service for the aviators. Bates and Higgins, attached to Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), died when the F-14 Tomcat aircraft they were flying crashed near Nashville, Tennessee while returning from a cross-country flight on January 29, 1996. Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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