Col. Matthew Leard, 60th Air Mobility Wing vice commander, Jeannette Tross, niece of Maj. Ardis Crumpton, and Chief Master Sgt. Steve Nichols, 60th Air Mobility Wing command chief, cut the ribbon at the Mitchell Memorial Library rededication ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., June 28, 2017. The rededication celebrated the 60th anniversary of when the library was named after Lt. Col. Kirk Mitchell, aircraft commander on a mission from Wake Island to Yokota Air Base, Japan. The aircraft was lost 160 miles off the coast of Japan and never found. The 10-personnel crew and 57 passengers all
Col. Matthew Leard, 60th Air Mobility Wing vice commander, Jeannette Tross, niece of Maj. Ardis Crumpton, and Chief Master Sgt. Steve Nichols, 60th Air Mobility Wing command chief, cut the ribbon at the Mitchell Memorial Library rededication ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., June 28, 2017. The rededication celebrated the 60th anniversary of when the library was named after Lt. Col. Kirk Mitchell, aircraft commander on a mission from Wake Island to Yokota Air Base, Japan. The aircraft was lost 160 miles off the coast of Japan and never found. The 10-personnel crew and 57 passengers all died in the crash. ( Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm)
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