Airmen reflect during POW/MIA Recognition Day 24-hour vigil

Airmen assigned to the 4th Health Care Operations Squadron carry the POW/MIA flag during a 24-hour vigil event as part of POW/MIA Recognition Day at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2023. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout a 24-hour period to commemorate those who didn’t make it home. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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Airmen reflect during POW/MIA Recognition Day 24-hour vigil

A POW/MIA memorial is displayed as part of a Rememberance day opening ceremony on Sept. 11, 20203 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout the 24-hour period to commemorate those who did not make it home. More than 81,900 Americans are still missing from past conflcits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Koby I. Saunders)

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Airman 1st Class Taylor Turner, 4th Operations Support Squadron, reads the names of prisoners of war and those missing in action as Airmen assigned to the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron carry the POW/MIA flag during a 24-hour vigil event as part of POW/MIA Recognition Day at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2023. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout a 24-hour period to commemorate those who didn’t make it home. More than 81,900 Americans are still missing from past conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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Airmen reflect during POW/MIA Recognition Day 24-hour vigil

Airmen assigned to the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron carry the POW/MIA flag during a 24-hour vigil event as part of POW/MIA Recognition Day at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2023. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout a 24-hour period to commemorate those who didn’t make it home. More than 81,900 Americans are still missing from past conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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Staff Sgt. Consuelo Marahta, 4th Health Care Operations Squadron NCO in charge of lab operations, carries the POW/MIA flag during a 24-hour vigil event as part of POW/MIA Recognition Day at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2023. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout a 24-hour period to commemorate those who didn’t make it home. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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Airmen reflect during POW/MIA Recognition Day 24-hour vigil

Airmen assigned to the 4th Health Care Operations Squadron carry the POW/MIA flag as Senior Airman Taylor Hunter, 4th Fighter Wing public affairs journeyman, reads the names of prisoners of war and those missing in action during a 24-hour vigil event as part of POW/MIA Recognition Day at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2023. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout a 24-hour period to commemorate those who didn’t make it home. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

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Airmen reflect during POW/MIA Recognition Day 24-hour vigil

U.S. Airmen with the 4th Fighter Wing participate in a POW/MIA Rememberance day walk on Sept. 11, 20203 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout the 24-hour period to commemorate those who did not make it home. More than 81,900 Americans are still missing from past conflcits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Koby I. Saunders)

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Airmen reflect during POW/MIA Recognition Day 24-hour vigil

Senior Airman David Lynn, a public affairs specialist with the 4th Fighter Wing, carries a POW/MIA flag as part of a Remembrance day opening ceremony on Sept. 11, 2023 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout the 24-hour period to commemorate those who did not make it home. More than 81,900 Americans are still missing from past conflcits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Koby I. Saunders)

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Col. Steven Bofferding, 4th Fighter Wing deputy commander, gives a speech as part of a POW/MIA Remembrance day opening ceremony on Sept. 11, 2023 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout the 24-hour period to commemorate those who did not make it home. More than 81,900 Americans are still missing from past conflcits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Koby I. Saunders)

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Airmen reflect during POW/MIA Recognition Day 24-hour vigil

Airmen with the base honor guard post the colors as part of a POW/MIA Remembrance day walk on Sept. 11, 20203 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout the 24-hour period to commemorate those who did not make it home. More than 81,900 Americans are still missing from past conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Koby I. Saunders)

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Senior Airman Daniel Andrade, a heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration technician, with the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron, displays a cover as part of a POW/MIA Remembrance day opening ceremony on Sept. 11, 2023 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout the 24-hour period to commemorate those who did not make it home. More than 81,900 Americans are still missing from past conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Koby I. Saunders)

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Airmen salute the American flag during a POW/MIA Rememberance day opening ceremony on Sept. 11, 20203 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout the 24-hour period to commemorate those who did not make it home. More than 81,900 Americans are still missing from past conflcits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Koby I. Saunders)

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Airmen reflect during POW/MIA Recognition Day 24-hour vigil

Published Sept. 15, 2023
By Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal
4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- --

Airmen carried the POW/MIA flag during a 24-hour vigil event as part of POW/MIA Recognition Day at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2023. Airmen and civilians carried the POW/MIA flag throughout a 24-hour period to commemorate those who didn’t make it home. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)