MN Air Force major among Afghanistan attack victims

The mayor and governor have ordered flags to fly at half-staff for the fallen soldiers.

“They are not deployed in a combat role, ” the statement said. But family members and local media have been revealing the identities of those killed.

He was deployed three times – twice to Afghanistan and once to Iraq, Bratton said.

Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen, 36, of Plymouth, Minnesota, was assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida.

At the New York Rangers game Tuesday night, there was a moment of silence for those killed, and Lemm’s photo was flashed across the screen. Among them was Maj. “In a statement paying tribute to Vorderbruggen, the coalition writes “…we honor the anniversary with somber hearts and the knowledge that families like Major Vorderbruggen’s no longer serve in the shadows”.

It said Vorderbruggen, her wife and their son had been a part of the group “nearly from its start” and took “great pride in being members of the military community”. He was assigned to the 105th Security Forces Squadron at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York.

“As soon as I saw his face, I said, “I know this guy, ‘” she told 1010 WINS” John Montone.

According to Newsday, family members identified him as Louis Bonacasa, 31, of Coram.

Bonacasa, the oldest of four siblings, also left behind a wife and 5-year-old daughter.

“He will have a child that he will never see now”, Wagner told the Washington Post.

The bodies of the six airmen will be received at Dover Air Force Base Wednesday in a dignified transfer ceremony. McBride, 30, was a graduate of Savannah State University, his family told the station.

Staff Sgt. Peter Taub grew up in Wyncote and graduated from Cheltenham High School.

The 455th AEW is one of two Air Force wings in Afghanistan – the primary combat wing there. He said Afghan troops are “stretched to capacity” and need better logistics, administration and efforts to boost morale.

The Taliban attack was carried out by a bomber who rammed a motorcycle packed with explosives into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol.

There are still 9,800 USA troops in the country as part of a mission to advise and assist Afghan troops.

One of the American troops killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan was a 30-year-old Air Force investigator from Montgomery County. The death toll has steadily declined year by year since reaching a peak of 711 in 2010.

Sherman added that “Afghanistan is just one of the many battlefields…” Within months of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation transfer of security control to Afghan forces there, the district came under heavy insurgent pressure.