By / Published May 27, 2014
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Andrew Wilder, center, 100th Maintenance Group unit deployment manager from Hernando, Miss., speaks with Joe Urice, a World War II veteran, during a base visit May 22, 2014, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Urice served from December 1944 to November 1945 with the 100th Bombardment Group as a B-17 Flying Fortress tail-gunner. He visited the U.K. with his family and members of the 100th Bomb Group Foundation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gina Randall/Released)
Joe Urice, right, a World War II veteran, greets U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eric Sonnenberg, 351st Air Refueling Squadron training flight instructor and boom operator from Belen, N.M., during a base visit May 22, 2014, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Urice served from December 1944 to November 1945 with the 100th Bombardment Group as a B-17 Flying Fortress tail-gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gina Randall/Released)
Joe Urice, a World War II veteran, tours the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a base visit May 22, 2014, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Urice served from December 1944 to November 1945 with the 100th Bombardment Group as a B-17 Flying Fortress tail-gunner. He visited different locations on RAF Mildenhall including the Galaxy Club, aircraft and the headquarters building to meet with U.S. Air Force Col. Kenneth T. Bibb Jr., 100th Air Refueling Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gina Randall/Released)
U.S. Air Force Col. Kenneth T. Bibb Jr., 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, writes in a book belonging to Joe Urice, a World War II veteran, during a base visit May 22, 2014, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Urice served from December 1944 to November 1945 with the 100th Bombardment Group as a B-17 Flying Fortress tail-gunner. During his visit, Urice asked people he met to write a message in his book. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gina Randall/Released)
Joe Urice, left, a World War II veteran, shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Col. Kenneth T. Bibb Jr., 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, after Bibb presented a coin to Urice during a base visit May 22, 2014, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Urice served from December 1944 to November 1945 with the 100th Bombardment Group as a B-17 Flying Fortress tail-gunner. He visited the U.K. with his family and members of the 100th Bomb Group Foundation. Bibb spent time talking with Urice and they shared stories and accounts of their time at various stations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gina Randall/Released)
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tracy Jones, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, greets Joe Urice, a World War II veteran, during a base visit May 22, 2014, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Urice served from December 1944 to November 1945 with the 100th Bombardment Group as a B-17 Flying Fortress tail-gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gina Randall/Released)