VAFB commemorates POW/MIA
Members participate in a ceremonial presentation of the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action flag during the POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony Sept. 17, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The first POW/MIA ceremony was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., after becoming an official recognition day in 1979. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, roughly 83,114 Americans from over five wars went missing in action, and 16,837 Americans died as prisoners of war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Hanah Abercrombie)