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Article: A WAR IN WORDS: ?Operation Homecoming' spotlights local airman's account of the Komodo 11 crash.
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- Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL)
- Article date:
- September 21, 2006
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Byline: Mladen Rudman
Sep. 21--HURLBURT FIELD -- A HH-60 rescue helicopter pilot has paid respect to fallen comrades in many ways.
Maj. Robert A. Lindblom at Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters placed a bottle of Hefeweizen beer at the grave of a Pave Hawk flight engineer buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He was honoring a bet he lost to Staff Sgt. Jason Hicks.
At 1st Lt. Tamara Archuleta's grave, he placed a pair of captain's bars. Archuleta, who had been promoted, died before she pinned them.
Lt. Col. John Stein's grave was honored with an American flag.
The three airmen were part of a six-person crew ...