After the fatal crash Dec. 8, the commander of the 115th Fighter Wing, Col. Bart Van Roo, had grounded flights until officials could determine it was safe to fly again.
When Col. Harry Shoup answered the hotline from the Pentagon in December 1955, a small boy asked for Santa Claus. What happened next started a beloved, six-decade-plus tradition.
Soldiers train in Hawaii, sailors conduct night flight ops in the North Arabian Sea, Marines participate in live-fire exercises in Japan and more in this week's Frontline Photos