Stories from Tuesday, June 4, 2002

Mountain Home AFB said goodbye, forever, to two of its five flying squadrons Monday, during special ceremonies that included a flyover of the last flight of "composite" aircraft at the base. Between now and June 19, when the base's runway will be closed for three months of repairs and renovations, the KC-135 aircraft of the 22nd Air Refueling Squadron and the B-1B Lancer bombers of the 34th Bomb Squadron will leave the base, never to return. ...