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.
The Air Force Historical Foundation has recognized two Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber wings among the winners of its 2025-2026 prestigious annual awards, selecting both for their part in Operation Midnight Hammer, the daring raid on Iran’s fortified nuclear weapons sites.

