The remains of two airmen who died in a C-124 Globemaster II crash on Nov. 22, 1952, have been recovered. A2C Thomas Condon and A2C Conrad Sprague were among the 11 crewmen and 41 passengers on board the C-124 when it crashed en route to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, from McChord AFB, Wash.?, according to a press release. Because of bad weather at the time, search parties were not able to find or recover any of the service members. However, an Alaska National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew flying a training mission over Colony Glacier in 2012 spotted wreckage in the area, and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and a joint task force conducted a recovery operation at the site that June. Since 2013, Alaska Command and Alaska National Guard troops have supported Operation Colony Glacier during the window of opportunity each summer. (See previously: Accounting for More)
The U.S. thwarted a drone attack on U.S. forces at Al Asad air base in western Iraq on April 22, marking the first time that American troops have been targeted since February, U.S. officials said. “We can confirm it was an attack on Al Asad,” a defense official told Air & Space…