"Air Force hero placed to rest after nearly 40 years" - Third place, 2008 Air Force News Photograph of the Year; First place, 2008 Air Mobility Command News Photograph of the Year

Family members of former missing in action Air Force Maj. Robert F. Woods watch as the cason carrying him is prepared to move to Major Wodds' gravesite April 9, 2008, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. On Nov. 30, 2007, the Air Force announced that Major Woods, along with co-pilot Capt. Johnnie C. Cornelius, were identified and their remains returned to the United States from Vietnam. On June 26, 1968, Major Woods and Captain Cornelius were flying a visual reconaissance mission over Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, when their O-2A Skymaster aircraft crashed in a remote mountainous area. Major Woods was buried nearly 40 years after he disappeared in the crash. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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