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AUAB honors Air Force heritage at inaugural Air Force Ball

Volunteer DJs play a wide selection of music at Memorial Plaza in celebration of the 69th Air Force birthday during the official Air Force Ball after-party Sept. 23, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The party also featured free food and a live performance by the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Band, Raptor. (U. S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Carlos J. Trevino/Released)
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AUAB honors Air Force heritage at inaugural Air Force Ball

Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard present the flags as Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Packard, U.S. Air Forces Central Command Band vocalist, sings the national anthem during the base’s inaugural Air Force Ball Sept. 23, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. AUAB held its first Air Force Ball to commemorate and celebrate its Air Force heritage. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)
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AUAB honors Air Force heritage at inaugural Air Force Ball

Brig. Gen. Darren James, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, Senior Master Sgt. Richard Poole and Airman 1st Class Natalee Barker cut the celebratory U.S. Air Force cake during the base’s inaugural Air Force Ball Sept. 23, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. It is a military tradition that the most senior and junior ranking individuals in attendance cut the cake with a saber. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)
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AUAB honors Air Force heritage at inaugural Air Force Ball

Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing honor guard perform a Prisoner of War and Missing in Action tribute during the base’s inaugural Air Force Ball Sept. 23, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The ball is an Air Force-wide tradition to celebrate the heritage and history of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jayson Santoyo/Released)
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AUAB honors Air Force heritage at inaugural Air Force Ball

Members attending the inaugural Air Force Birthday Ball at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, pose for a group photo Sept. 23, 2016. More than 300 Grand Slam members celebrated the 69th Air Force birthday together at the ball before joining other AUAB members at Memorial Plaza for the Air Force Birthday Ball after-party.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jayson Santoyo/Released)
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AUAB celebrates 20th annual Air Force Marathon

Participants pose for a photo after completing either the half or full marathon during the 20th annual Air Force Marathon Sept. 17, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. A total of 673 deployed members from different branches of the military and Coalition partners participated in this year’s race. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Melissa Buonanducci/Released)
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AUAB celebrates 20th annual Air Force Marathon

An Italian Coalition partner raises his hand as he finishes his run during the 20th annual Air Force Marathon Sept. 17, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Participants had an option of either running a full or half marathon. This year marks the eighth year the U.S. Air Force has sanctioned deployed location races. All branches of the military and Coalition partners joined the marathon to celebrate and commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)
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AUAB celebrates 20th annual Air Force Marathon

Grand Slam participants gather together on the starting line to kick-off the 20th annual Air Force Marathon Sept. 17, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. This year marks the eighth year the U.S. Air Force has sanctioned deployed location races to commemorate its 69th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sergio Gamboa/Released)
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AUAB celebrates 20th annual Air Force Marathon

There were 673 members who participated in this year’s 20th annual Air Force Marathon Sept. 17, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. This year marks the eighth year the U.S. Air Force has sanctioned a deployed location race. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sergio Gamboa/Released)
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AUAB celebrates 20th annual Air Force Marathon

Grand Slam members along with Coalition partners and participants from Camp As Sayliyah run during the 20th annual Air Force Marathon Sept. 17, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The event took place in commemoration of the 69th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force. All branches of the military and civilians participated in this historic event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sergio Gamboa/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

Capt. Shawn Jensen, a E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System pilot with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron, is from San Antonio, Texas. His grandfather, 2nd Lt. Harry Burdette, began his pilot training at what is today's Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Both gentlemen trained on the T-6 Texan single engine aircraft from th enjoyed their respective eras while earning their wings. Richard Burdette, Shawn's father confirmed that he has heard his father and Capt. Jensen remark how they enjoyed flying the T- 6. (U. S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patino/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

Capt. Shawn Jensen, a E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System pilot with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron, discovered his grandfather's Class A jacket from his Army Air Corps jacket and tried it on. His grandfather was a B-17 Flyng Fortress pilot with 379th Bombardment Group, today's 379th Air Expeditionary Wing traces its heritage to the 379th BG. (Courtesy photo/Capt. Shawn Jensen/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

Capt. Shawn Jensen(bottom row third from right), a E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System pilot with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron, and his crew posed for a portrait on the wing of their aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, after teturning from a mission in the area of responsibility Sept. 11, 2016. The JSTARS gathers intelligence during its missions in the aor, which contrasts with his grandfather's B-17 Flying Fortress bombing missions for the 379th Bombardmnet Group over Europe in World War II.(U. S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Carlos J. Trevino/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

This is the 379 Bombardment Group shoulder patch Capt. Shawn Jensen, a E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System pilot with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron, wears. Jensen wears the patch because it reminds him of his grandfather, a B-17 Flying Fortress patch. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patino/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

The late Harry Burdette visiting with his grandson, then 5-year-old Shawn Jensen, in 1990 in San Antonio, Texas. Jensen, now an RC-135 Rivet Joint pilot with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, has always admired the spiritual strength of both his grandfather, a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who flew for the 379th Bombardment Group in World War II, and his father, a retired F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot. (Courtesy photo/Richard Burdette/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

Retired Lt. Col. Richard Burdette poses for a photo with his F-16 Fighting Falcon at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., in 1990. According to him, the best pilot from the three generations in his family was his father. His father, 2nd Lt. Harry Burdette, flew an unpressurized B-17 Flying Fortress above 30,000 feet and had to wear a flight suit plugged into the aircraft’s electrical system for warmth while assigned to the 379th Bombardment Group during World War II. (Courtesy photo/Richard Burdette/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

Suitcase in hand, 2nd Lt. Harry Burdette was enroute to Miami for mandatory leave given to prisoners of war. His grandson Capt. Shawn Jensen, a RC-135 Rivet Joint pilot with the 763rd Reconnaissance Wing, refers to his grandfather's diary when he needs a reminder of the sacrifices his grandfather made in captivityas a prisoner of war for 18 months in Nazi Germany. (Courtesy photo/Richard Burdette/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

This painting of a B-17 Flying Fortress, like the one flown by Capt. Shawn Jensen's grandfather 2nd Lt. Harry Burdette in World War II against Nazi Germany, displays the 379th Bombardment Group's assigned code letter K painted in a triangle on the tail of the aircraft. The 379's planes were assigned the letter K and were known as the Triangle K Group according to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing's heritage pamphlet. Today, B-52 Stratofortress' assigned to the 379th AEW continue that tradition with a Triangle K apainted on their fuselage. (Courtesy photo-Richard Burdette/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

An illustration made after the war shows 2nd Lt. Harry Burdette from his stricken B-17 Flying Fortress after being attaked by German figther aircraft in Nov. 1943. Burdette, the grandfather of Capt. Shawn Jensen, an RC-135 Rivet Joint pilot 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron, is shown here in his mug photo taken when he became a prisoner of war. Burdette weighed 170 pounds at the time of his capture, 129 pounds when he was liberated 18 months later. The photo on the right is a photo taken during his job in private industry. (Courtesty photo-Richard Burdette/Released)
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Grandfather’s World War II legacy continued by pilot grandson

This is a map of the prisoner of war camp where 2nd Lt. Harry Burdette, 379th Bombardment B-17 Flying Fortress pilot,was held after being shot down over Nazi Germany. Burdetter was the grandfather of Capt. Shawn Jensen, a E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System pilot with the 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaisance Squadron. He was a prisoner of war for the next 18 months in Barth, Germany. (Courtesy photo/Richard Burdette/Released)
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