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  • Team Andersen honors POWs and those MIA with 24-hour Run

    Team Andersen honor prisoners of war and those still missing in action during a POW/MIA 24-hour Run at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 18, 2025. The 24-hour run had participants run in shifts to honor POWs and the missing.

  • Operation HOMECOMING: Bringing our heroes home

    As we pause this week to reflect on those who were held prisoners of war or remain missing in action, it is important to remember our resolve to bring home all our heroes. For decades, the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings have fulfilled this solemn promise and conducted multiple airlifts to reunite POWs

  • DPAA Accounts for 183 Missing Service Members in Fiscal Year 2017

    In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) accounted for 183 formerly missing persons from past conflicts. Also, the agency individually identified the remains of 18 additional personnel, who were previously accounted for as part of group burials, reaching another