BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE: Pilot Flies Special Path Over Ohio To Honor Fallen Guardsmen With Image Of Service Member And Three Crosses
Anthony
This was pretty fascinating to see.
A pilot in Ohio honored the three National Gaurdman killed in Operation Epic Fury in a very creative way.
A video on flight radar shows a pilot flying a special path to create an image of a service member saluting to three headstones with crosses.
Take a look at the flight path here:
A pilot flew a special path over Ohio, drawing the shape of a service member and three headstones in the sky to honor Air National Guardsmen from the state who died in a tanker crash in Iraq during Operation Epic Fury.
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 22, 2026
Yahoo News provided further context to the pilot’s creation:
A thoughtful aviation enthusiast paid tribute to three service members of Ohio Air National Guard on March 19, days after they were among six killed in a refueling tanker’s crash in western Iraq.
Captain Seth Koval, Captain Curtis Angst, and Master Sergeant Tyler Simmons were supporting the US government’s “Operation Epic Fury” on March 12, when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed at about 2 pm, according to the US Central Command.