Ed Turner (Executive Director), Sam Houston (Chairman of the Board) and Pam Cain (Director/Advisor) were proud to attend the 2nd Annual Missing Man Table unveiling at Jacksonville International Airport on September 4, 2025. The Missing Man Table will be on...

The S-3 Viking aircraft rebuild continues at the Cecil Airport Hangar 1820. Several former Viking maintainers, aircrew, and even some from outside the community work on the jet tirelessly to prepare its placement at the Memorial.  Again thank-you to the Cecil Airport,...

We were honored to have several members of the VA-86 squadron reunion attend a presentation and tour of the site on 14 August. Not only was the reunion an opportunity to reunite with good friends and squadron-mates but also to pay tribute to those members lost. During...

In preparation for the upcoming National POW/MIA Recognition Day, a volunteer clean-up day was held on Saturday, 23 August.  Big John Sutherland, Bob, Willen, Dano Mastrolia, and Billy Hendrix expertly led two teams of the FD Roosevelt Jacksonville Sea Cadets in...

On 20 and 21 August, the 19th annual Legacy Run’s fourth day ended and the last leg commenced at the National POW/MIA Memorial site.   The American Legion Legacy Run is a fundraising motorcycle ride organized by the American Legion Riders (ALR). This year’s ride...

S-3 Viking Update We are excited to have received the final delivery of the S-3 Viking sections from Cleveland. The fuselage was all that remained, and we received that courtesy of Landstar trucking delivering it to Cecil Airport. After dropping the landing gear as...

One more step forward! Piece by piece, the Navy S-3 Viking aircraft for the National POW-MIA Memorial and Museum (Cecil Field POW MIA Memorial, Inc..) is arriving at Cecil. This time we received the 2 and a half ton center wing section. The S-3 (BUNO 159746) will be...

On April 6, we welcomed, along with support from Rolling Thunder, Florida 4, the Flags of Honor Escorts Gold Star Families Memorial Ride (FL) that began in Pensacola Saturday and will continue throughout the state for the next 8 days. Stops are made at veterans...

Board members Kathy Cayton and Pam Cain represented the National POW/MIA Memorial & Museum during the raising of the POW/MIA flag at the Supervisor of Elections building on February 26, 2025. The flag was flown over the National POW/MIA Memorial & Museum and...