National POW / MIA Recognition Ceremony
Senior Airmen Makenzie Lang and Stephen Bigler, 4th Fighter Wing base honor guard members, escort the Prisoners of War – Missing in Action wreath to the stage during the POW/MIA remembrance ceremony at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 18, 2009. The first day honoring POW/MIAs was July 18, 1979, with a flyover performed by the 1st Tactical Squadron from Langley AFB, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Whitney Lambert)