The teaser we appended to the Aug. 30 Daily Report item on the new designation for the new special operations wing at Cannon AFB, N.M., attracted the most reader responses. Click here to reach the item “A New Number for Cannon SOF Wing” and then click on Reader Comments to read some of the comments.
Gene Smith, Former POW and AFA Chair, Dies at 91
Jan. 19, 2026
Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith, who overcame five and a half years as a prisoner of war in the notorious Hanoi Hilton from 1967 until 1973, died Jan. 16. He was one day short of his 91st birthday.
