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Scott AFB & Operation Homecoming: 50 Years Later

Air Force Lt. Col. Leo Thorsness, receives the Medal of Honor for actions taken as part of the famed “Wild Weasels”, 11 days prior to the fateful mission when he was shot down and imprisoned for six years. (DoD photo by 1973 Scott AFB Historian)

PHOTO BY: by Kris Matthews, 375 AMW Historian
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