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I know this is old and may have been posted before I joined Senior Forums. If that is the case, I apologize for the post. I found the following article by looking through an old copy of a magazine I had lying in my den, along with several other magazines. I thought it was worthy to post in his honor. I wasn’t aware that this had happened.
The remains of Air Force Colonel Roy A. Knight Jr., who was shot down over Vietnam in 1967, were flown home to Dallas, Texas, on a Southwest Airlines flight piloted by his son, Bryan Knight, on August 8, 2019. Bryan Knight, a Southwest captain, had been stationed at the same airport where he said goodbye to his father as a child before the latter's deployment. The flight from Oakland, California, to Dallas Love Field, was a poignant moment, with the plane receiving a water cannon salute and the terminal falling silent as the remains were brought home, according to news report.
The remains of Air Force Colonel Roy A. Knight Jr., who was shot down over Vietnam in 1967, were flown home to Dallas, Texas, on a Southwest Airlines flight piloted by his son, Bryan Knight, on August 8, 2019. Bryan Knight, a Southwest captain, had been stationed at the same airport where he said goodbye to his father as a child before the latter's deployment. The flight from Oakland, California, to Dallas Love Field, was a poignant moment, with the plane receiving a water cannon salute and the terminal falling silent as the remains were brought home, according to news report.