Duane W. Dively
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Age: 43
From: Rancho California, Calif.
Assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, Calif.
Incident: Air Force Maj. Duane W. Dively was killed June 22 when his U-2 aircraft crashed in Southwest Asia as he was returning to base after flying a mission.
Died: June 22, 2005
Air Force pilot dies in spy plane crash
By Brian Melley
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO — The pilot killed when his U-2 spy plane crashed while returning to its base in the United Arab Emirates was a veteran who could have retired in the past year, but stayed in the Air Force because he loved to fly, his brother said Thursday.
Maj. Duane W. Dively, 43, from the Sacramento area, was assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, the Pentagon said. He spent more than 20 years in the military and could have retired at the beginning of the year, his brother, David Dively, told The Associated Press.
“As tragic as this is, he believed in what we were doing in that part of the world and he loved what he was doing and he loved to fly,” Dively said by phone from his parent’s house in Hollidaysburg, Pa.
The cause of the crash in Southwest Asia is still under investigation, but Dively said...
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We thank you for being the fine son you were, we thank you for being a hero to our country. You will ever be in our hearts and our memories will keep you close. Thank you for making us proud.
Mom & Dad
The netherlands
I support all the US forces
Love,
girls from APPLETON. WI
Thank you for your service to our country and the world. I am so sorry that you were lost to this war and my heart goes out to your family and friends. May you rest in peace and my God comfort your loved ones in that you were doing the service you believed in. No more noble death than that.
Sincerely,
Mary