The Pentagon has identified the remains of 1st Lt. James W. Blose, of Sharpsville, Pa., whose P-39D Airacobra disappeared April 22, 1942 after encountering bad weather soon after takeoff from Fiji on an airborne alert mission. He and fellow pilot 2nd Lt. William S. Shaw had to fly below the level of several mountaintops; Shaw successfully landed at another airfield, but Blose was never seen again. Ground searches of the surrounding jungles found nothing. In 2005, Joint POW/MIA Command personnel investigated wreckage spotted in 2004 and returned in 2006 to excavate, recovering human remains and some items that bore Blose’s initials.
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.