100th OG burns piano to mark end of successful flying year, honors lost US service members

U.S. Air Force Col. Van Thai, 100th Operation Group commander, talks about remembering and honoring the 13 U.S. service members who lost their lives in the Kabul airport bombing in Afghanistan August 2021 as he talks to 100th OG Airmen and civilians and Team Mildenhall members before a piano was set alight at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Oct. 1, 2021. The burning of a piano is an RAF tradition, claims of which include stories that it reportedly started during World War II to honor fallen pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

PHOTO BY: Karen Abeyasekere
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