Three F16 jets from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. fly over Jackson City Park Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 after flying a missing man formation in honor of Maj. Garrett Wayne Knowlan over Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Knowlan, 32, who was based at Eglin, died Oct. 11 while participating in a water survival training exercise in Pensacola, Fla. A native of Jackson, he was a 2002 graduate of the Air Force Academy and a 2010 graduate of the Air Force Test Pilot School. He flew the CV-22 Osprey and HC/MC 130J. (Fred Lynch)
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