The Pentagon has identified the remains from a remote Sierra Nevada glacier as Leo A. Mustonen of Brainerd, Minn. Mustonen was the pilot of an Army Air Forces AT-7 training flight that crashed in 1942 in Kings Canyon National Park. A hiker spotted aircraft wreckage a few years later, but it would be October 2005 before someone spotted a body in the ice. Three other airmen also were killed in the flight.
Planning an Air Show Is Hard. At Andrews, It’s Even Harder
Sept. 17, 2025
Joint Base Andrews opened its flightline this month to thousands of civilians, exposing a normally restricted airbase that regularly hosts the president and foreign dignitaries to a curious public eager to see current and historic military aircraft up close and in action.
