Missed Both of These Yesterday

As you go about on your routines today, please remember our 17 Air Force brothers who departed on a "routine" misssion 48 years ago today aboard C-130 60528 and never returned. They live on in our memories!

In Brotherhood,
Larry Tart


And 14 other brothers in Afghanistan.







In Memoriam

The Air Force Hymn

Lord, guard and guide those who fly
Through the great spaces in the sky;
Be with them traversing the air
In darkening storms or sunshine fair,

You who support with tender might
The balanced birds in all their flight.
Lord of the tempered winds, be near,
That, having you, they know no fear.

Control their minds with instinct fit,
What time adventuring, they quit
The firm security of land;
Grant steadfast eye and skillful hand.

Aloft in solitudes of space
Uphold them with your saving grace
O God, protect those who fly
Through lonely ways beneath the sky.

An RAF Hymn

Lord of the Universe and Space
Creator of the human race,
Whose stars took place within Your plan
Before our time on earth began.
Be with us, Father, as we rise
To brave the challenge of the skies

Lord of the Heavens, by Whose might
Mankind has learned the skill of flight,
To span the world from land to land
Released from earth’s restraining hand,
Be with us, Father, as we rise
To brave the challenge of the skies

Through sunlit days and darkest night,
We dare to face the risks of flight.
In speeding craft we soar to fly
On hidden highways in the sky.
Be with us, Father, as we rise
To brave the challenge of the skies

We thank You, Father, for the days
Of golden dawns and sunsets’ rays
Accept our praise, O Lord we pray
And guide us on Your chosen way.
Be with us, Father, as we rise
To brave the challenge of the skies