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)
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
