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Swamp Fox Airmen fly ‘Missing Man’ formation for former POW

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Jack Van Loan, fighter pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war, was honored with a Missing Man flyover during his funeral at Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Oct. 26, 2019. He received full military honors for his nearly 30 years of service, including 2,116 days in the North Vietnamese prison nicknamed the Hanoi Hilton. (Courtesy photo provided by Gerry Melendez, visual journalist for The State Newspaper, Columbia, South Carolina)

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