An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Rest In Peace
Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found
Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, the F/A-18 Hornet pilot shot down over Iraq in 1991. His official status has changed several times since his plane disappeared, from missing-in-action to missing-in-action/body not recovered to missing-in-action/captured.
Capt. Michael Scott Speicher’s jet was shot down over the desert on the first night of the 1991 war. The inability to find his body led to nearly two decades of speculation.
I guess I still help out hope, along with a grateful nation, that he would be found, alive, once we went into Iraq and got rid of the scum. As time passed, I knew that had he still been alive, our boys would have found him pretty quick.
The military has identified the remains of a Navy pilot shot down on the opening night of the Persian Gulf War, officials announced early today.
The F/A-18 Hornet flown by Capt. Michael Scott Speicher was shot down on Jan. 17, 1991 while on a combat mission over western Iraq. He was considered the first U.S. casualty of the war.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Captain Speicher.
Wow. I’m glad they found him, glad they buried him.
He was in my sister squadron from CAG-17 onboard the USS Saratoga. I remember the night he was shot down, because it was the same night that Lt.’s Wetzel and Zaun were shot down at the same time. My prayers have always been with his family, Rest in Peace Scott.
One single loss is a loss for the whole nation, and we should mourn as a nation, giving those who died the honor they deserve.