F/A-18A Hornet display at Arnold AFB honors Wittwer
Navy Cmdr. Todd Wilson, then-commanding officer of VFA-137 at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California, speaks during the Oct. 3, 2009, ceremony to dedicate the F/A-18 Hornet static display at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., in honor of Navy Lt. Cmdr. Frank Wittwer. Wittwer died Jan. 18, 2006, in a crash caused by aircraft mechanical failure during a nighttime training mission over California. He was preparing for deployment overseas. Wittwer was a 1994 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Philip Lorenz III)