F/A-18A Hornet display at Arnold AFB honors Wittwer
Navy Cmdr. Todd Wilson, Mendi Wittwer and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Culp, from left, gather for a photo by the plaque honoring Mendi’s late husband, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Frank Wittwer, during an Oct. 3, 2009, ceremony to dedicate the F/A-18 Hornet static display at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., in Lt. Cmdr. Wittwer’s honor. Lt. Cmdr. 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)