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News Release
Nellis Air Force
Base
Office of Public
Affairs
4430 Grissom Ave., Ste. 107
Nellis AFB, NV 89191
Phone: (702)
652-2750
Fax: (702) 652-9838
Release No. 10-09-01
Date: Sept. 13, 2010
Nellis
to hold 2010 National POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony
WHAT:
2010 National
POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony
Nellis AFB will
recognize local Prisoners of War and those Missing
in Action in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition
Day.
The ceremony will be
hosted by Brig. Gen. David
Thompson, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center vice
commander, and will include a ceremony in memoriam,
a recital of names of Nevadans Missing in Action, a
“21-gun salute” and a 3-ship A-10 formation fly-by.
Across the country,
observances of National POW/MIA Recognition Day will
be held on military installations, ships at sea,
state capitols, schools and veterans’ facilities.
A public reception
at the Nellis AFB Officers’ Club will follow.
WHEN:
Friday, Sept. 17, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE:
Freedom Park, Nellis AFB
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