Airmen assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron stand in formation during the funeral service for 2nd Lt. Charles E. Carlson at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Penn., Aug. 4, 2017. Approximately 50 Airmen traveled more than 2,000 miles to attend Carlson’s funeral, who died during World War II after being shot down. (Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham/Air Force)
1st Lt. Matt Brown, a 62nd Fighter Squadron pilot, looks at the name of deceased service members at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Penn., Aug. 4, 2017. Before attending 2nd Lt. Charles E. Carlson’s funeral, several Airmen reflected upon the thousands of gravesites. (Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham/Air Force)
Four F-35A Lighting IIs assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base Ariz., perform the missing man formation over the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Penn., Aug. 4, 2017. The 62nd FS attended 2nd Lt. Charles E. Carlson’s funeral. Carlson was a former 62nd FS pilot who died after being shot down over Germany in World War II. (Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham/Air Force)
Two F-35A Lighting IIs assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base Ariz, fly near an Arizona National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker Aug. 4, 2017. Four F-35’s participated in a missing man formation fly-over during 2nd Lt. Charles E. Carlson’s funeral in Pennsylvania more than 70 years after being shot down over Germany in World War II when he was assigned to the 62nd FS. (Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham/Air Force)
Airmen assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz, travel to the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville Penn., Aug. 4, 2017. Approximately 50 Airmen traveled more than 2,000 miles on plane and bus to attend 2nd Lt. Charles E. Carlson’s funeral. Carlson was a former 62nd FS, who died during World War II after being shot down. (Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham/Air Force)
Airman 1st Class Christopher Robinson, a 62nd Fighter Squadron aviation resource manager, stands in formation during a funeral service for 2nd Lt. Charles E. Carlson, a former 62nd FS pilot, at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Penn., Aug. 4, 2017. Approximately 50 Airmen from the 62nd FS stood in formation for the duration of the funeral. (Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham/Air Force)