The Defense Department has identified the remains of two airmen missing in action from the Korean War—Col. Douglas H. Hatfield of Shenandoah, Va., and Capt. Richard H. Simpson of Fairhaven, Mich. On April 12, 1951, Hatfield and Simpson were two of 11 crewmembers on a B-29 flying from Kadena AB, Okinawa, on a mission over North Korea. The bomber crashed following a strike by MiG-15s and only three crewmembers managed to bail out. One died in captivity and two were repatriated. In 1993, North Korea turned over 31 boxes of remains of US servicemen; four sets of remains from this group were identified as members of the B-29 crew. In 2000, a joint excavation recovered additional remains, including those subsequently identified as belonging to Hatfield and Simpson.
Ukraine’s fleet of F-16 fighters has played a vital role in protecting the country against Russian aerial attacks, including the jet-powered drones the Russians have used to try to overpower Ukrainian air defenses, senior Ukrainian officials said. But Ukraine has a chronic need for spare parts to keep the venerable jets…