Range control tower dedication honors two Airmen killed in combat
FORT POLK, La. -- (From left) Staff Sgts. Jeb Corley and Jason Meinders, Master Sgt. Chance Barlow and 2nd Lt. Scott Grotbo, stand atop the Losano-Frazier Tower here. The Illinois Air National Guardsmen are tactical air control party Airmen who served with Staff Sgt. Jacob Frazier in the 169th Air Support Operation Squadron. Sergeant Meinders is assigned to Detachment 1, 548th Combat Training Squadron here. The tower was dedicated to Sergeant Frazier and Airman 1st Class Raymond Losano who were the first two tactical controllers killed in action since the inception of the career field during the Korean War. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Trina Flannagan)