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Honoring a fallen hero - Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather

SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq - Col. Vincent Savino, 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group commander, left, and Col. Michael F. Canders, 447th Air Expeditionary Group commander, view the new Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather Memorial Nov.11, 2009. The base is named after Sergeant Sather, a combat controller with the 24th Special Tactics Squadron from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., who was killed in action on April 8, 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Misty D. Slater)

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Honoring a fallen hero - Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather

SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq -- Col. Vincent Savino, 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group commander, was a guest speaker during the Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather Memorial ceremony. Colonel Savino first met Sergeant Sather when he was assigned to work for him as a young Airman. "He worked for me as a young hard charging Airman…always striving to be the best," said Colonel Savino. The base is named after Sergeant Sather who was killed in action on April 8, 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Linzi Joseph)

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Airmen unveil Sather Memorial

Published Nov. 15, 2009