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WWII Spokane veteran honored 70 years later

Members of the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard and the U.S. Army perform honor and color guard for a funeral service honoring Cpl. Lester Zornes at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane, Wash., March 22, 2014. Zornes was flying to England to prepare 82nd Airborne paratroopers for dropping behind enemy lines at Normandy on D-Day. Due to weather instability over the North Atlantic, the aircraft and crew diverted to the alternate route over the South Atlantic when the starboard engine on their C-47 Skytrain gave out crashing and immediately bursting into flames on March 22, 1944. Zornes was 19 with a career in Foreign Service that lasted just 11 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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WWII Spokane veteran honored 70 years later

Members of the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard’s firing team salute as taps is played during a funeral service honoring Cpl. Lester Zornes at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane, Wash., March 22, 2014. Zornes was flying to England to prepare 82nd Airborne paratroopers for dropping behind enemy lines at Normandy on D-Day. Due to weather instability over the North Atlantic, the aircraft and crew diverted to the alternate route over the South Atlantic when the starboard engine on their C-47 Skytrain gave out crashing and immediately bursting into flames on March 22, 1944. Zornes was 19 with a career in Foreign Service that lasted just 11 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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WWII Spokane veteran honored 70 years later

Members of the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard and the U.S. Army perform honor and color guard for a funeral service honoring Cpl. Lester Zornes at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane, Wash., March 22, 2014. Zornes was flying to England to prepare 82nd Airborne paratroopers for dropping behind enemy lines at Normandy on D-Day. Due to weather instability over the North Atlantic, the aircraft and crew diverted to the alternate route over the South Atlantic when the starboard engine on their C-47 Skytrain gave out crashing and immediately bursting into flames on March 22, 1944. Zornes was 19 with a career in Foreign Service that lasted just 11 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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WWII Spokane veteran honored 70 years later

Members of the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard and the U.S. Army performed honor and color guard for a funeral service honoring Cpl. Lester Zornes at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane, Wash., March 22, 2014. Zornes was flying to England to prepare 82nd Airborne paratroopers for dropping behind enemy lines at Normandy on D-Day. Due to weather instability over the North Atlantic, the aircraft and crew diverted to the alternate route over the South Atlantic when the starboard engine on their C-47 Skytrain gave out crashing and immediately bursting into flames on March 22, 1944. Zornes was 19 with a career in Foreign Service that lasted just 11 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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WWII Spokane veteran honored 70 years later

Members of the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard stand at parade rest in preparation for a funeral service honoring Cpl. Lester Zornes at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane, Wash., March 22, 2014. Zornes was flying to England to prepare 82nd Airborne paratroopers for dropping behind enemy lines at Normandy on D-Day. Due to weather instability over the North Atlantic, the aircraft and crew diverted to the alternate route over the South Atlantic when the starboard engine on their C-47 Skytrain gave out crashing and immediately bursting into flames on March 22, 1944. Zornes was 19 with a career in Foreign Service that lasted just 11 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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WWII Spokane veteran honored 70 years later

Tech. Sgt. Terrill Castor inspects Staff Sgt. Samantha Krolikowski’s uniform prior to a funeral service honoring Cpl. Lester Zornes at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane, Wash., March 22, 2014. The honor guard represents the best of everything the Air Force offers and their uniforms is an important aspect of their service to the base and surrounding communities. Castor and Krolikowski are members of the Fairchild Air Force Base Honor Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild officers talk shop at nearby ROTC detachment

1st Lts. Matt Sanders and Benjamin Pritchard, Fairchild company grade officers, give advice to Field Training Preparation cadets at the University of Idaho’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 905 in Moscow, Idaho, March 13, 2014. Fairchild air Force Base, Wash., officers spoke with the cadets about their Air Force jobs and the transition from ROTC to active duty for the detachment’s career day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cadet Molly A. Wakeling/Released)
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Fairchild officers talk shop at nearby ROTC detachment

Lieutenants from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., give advice to Field Training Preparation cadets at the University of Idaho’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 905 in Moscow, Idaho, March 13, 2014. Fairchild officers spoke to the cadets about their Air Force jobs and the transition from ROTC to active duty for the detachment’s career day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cadet Molly A. Wakeling/Released)
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Fairchild lieutenants talk shop at nearby ROTC detachment

1st Lt. Taylor Ellington, a 92nd Air Refueling Squadron pilot, speaks with cadets from Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 905 at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, March 13, 2014. Ellington was one of five lieutenants from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., who went to speak about their Air Force jobs and the transition from ROTC to active duty for the detachment’s career day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cadet Molly A. Wakeling/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

Honorary coaches Chief Master Sgt. Wendy Hansen and Col. Brian Newberry watch as their team defends the goal during a Blue vs. White Fairchild Falcons Varsity Hockey team game with base leadership coaching at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

Honorary coach Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Deist and his team watch as the opposing White team attempts to take advantage of a power play during a Blue vs. White Fairchild Falcons Varsity Hockey team game with base leadership coaching at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

The White squad watches in dismay as they are scored on during a Blue vs. White Fairchild Falcons Varsity Hockey team game at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

Players face off for puck control during a Blue vs. White Fairchild Falcons Varsity Hockey team game at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

The White team drives the puck down the ice during a Blue vs. White Fairchild Falcons Varsity Hockey team game at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

The Fairchild Honor Guard presents the colors at the start of a Blue vs. White Fairchild Falcons Varsity Hockey team game with base leadership coaching at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

The Fairchild Honor Guard presents the colors as Staff Sgt. Brittany Ward sings the National Anthem at the start of a Blue vs. White Fairchild Falcons Varsity Hockey team game at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. Ward is a 92nd Security Forces Squadron member. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

The White team stretches before a Blue vs. White Fairchild Falcons Varsity Hockey team game at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

The White team takes to the ice for a Blue vs. White hockey game matching up the top two from each Team Fairchild wing as squad coaches at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. Col. Brian Newberry and Chief Master Sgt. Wendy Hansen, the 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander and command chief led the White team as they squared off against the Blue team led by Col. Daniel Swain and Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Deist, the 141st Air Refueling Wing commander and command chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

Col. Daniel Swain pumps up his team before a Blue vs. White hockey matchup at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. Swain is the 141st Air Refueling Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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Fairchild Falcons varsity hockey team plays to base leadership’s call

Col. Brian Newberry gives a pep talk to his team before a Blue vs. White hockey matchup at Eastern Washington University’s University Recreation Center in Cheney, Wash., March 14, 2014. Newberry is the 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)
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