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Reserve F-16s take part in ceremony for fallen Airmen

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  • By SrA Melissa Harvey
  • 301st Fighter Wing Public Affairs
NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE FORT WORTH, Texas --  Three F-16s from the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, and an F-4 from Detachment 1, 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., fly the missing man formation over a memorial service Jan. 14, 2011 at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.

The service honored Col. James E. Dennany and Maj. Robert L. Tucci, who were reported missing in action after their F-4 went down during a mission over Laos Nov. 12, 1969.  "It was the first fly-by in which I participated that honored specific persons, said Maj. Jay Bernstein, a 457th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot stationed at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. "To know that our efforts were in honor of a particular aircrew was very special," he said.