Pilots remembered

The two fallen air pilots from last week’s plane crash were honored yesterday at NAS Meridian.

lt. Patrick “Tank” Ruth and lt. Jr. Grade Wallace “Hershey” Burch both died when their t-45 goshawk airplane crashed in the Cherokee national forest outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. various friends, family and military personal showed their respects to the fallen pilot and the instructor as their families received condolences and medals for their service.