OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - A memorial to the six crew members of Cobra Ball 61-2664 that lost their lives when their aircraft crashed upon landing in severe weather at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, resides outside the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron headquarters here as crash survivor Bill Maxwell addresses attendees at the 30th anniversary memorial service of the crash March 15. Friends and family of the surviving crew members attended the service and toured a Cobra Ball static display to mark the occasion. U.S. Air Force Photo by Charles Haymond
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Thirty years to the day that Cobra Ball 61-2664 crashed upon landing in severe weather at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, taking the lives of six crew members, six survivors of the stand side by side in front of a modern day Cobra Ball aircraft located in Dock 1 of Offutt's Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility here March 15. Friends and family of the surviving crew members were here for a memorial service at the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron headquarters, where a memorial stands to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger (released)
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Thirty years to the day that Cobra Ball 61-2664 crashed upon landing in severe weather at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, taking the lives of six crew members, several survivors and their family and friends tour a modern day Cobra Ball aircraft located in Dock 1 of Offutt's Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility here March 15. They were on base for a memorial service at the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron headquarters, where a memorial stands to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger (released)
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Cobra Ball 61-2664 crash survivor, Dr. K.A. Crooks, addresses attendees at the 30th anniversary memorial service of the crash held here at the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron headquarters March 15. Friends and family of the surviving crew members attended the service and toured a Cobra Ball static display. U.S. Air Force Photo by Charles Haymond
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