Honoring the fallen
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Col. Mike Roberts, 178th Fighter Wing vice commander, from Springfield Air National Guard Base, Ohio, talks to Airmen at the base theater about his experiences as a former POW. Colonel Roberts used his cockpit’s heads up display video from the evening of January 19, 1991 to describe how his F-16 was shot down during a bombing raid over Baghdad, Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. The colonel was the guest of honor during the base’s POW/MIA Recognition Day Sept. 22. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Laws)