In remembrance

Colonel Arthur Tomassetti, 33rd Fighter Wing vice commander, speaks with Bridget Brooks, 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron (far left), prior to the ceremony marking the 14th anniversary of the Khobar Towers tragedy at the memorial on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 25. Mrs. Brooks lost her son, Airman 1st Class Joseph Rimkus, in the attack. Almost 100 friends, family and current members of the 33rd Fighter Wing gathered for a remembrance ceremony here near the memorial dedicated to the heroism of 12 Airmen lost. The 33rd FW suffered 105 wounded personnel and accounted for 12 of the 19 Airmen killed in the Khobar Towers terrorist attack June 25, 1996. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Samuel King Jr.)

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