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2020 Year in Review
Photographs by Evelyn Kristo
Above: Visitors to the Healing and Honor Field at Pelona Visa Park in Palmdale, Calif., walk the rows of American Flags honoring
veterans, current military, first responders and medical professionals, after attending a Veterans Day ceremony at the park, Nov. 11,
2020. The Healing and Honor Field featured 2,000 U.S. flags, sponsored by the public, to honor family and friends who have or are
serving. Proceeds from the event benefited local veterans’ charities and organizations; Vets 4 Veterans, Coffee4Vets, Point Man
Antelope Valley, American Legion Post 348 and VFW Post 3000. Right: Sadie Perry, age 23 months, of Lake Los Angeles, Calif.,
takes in a patriotic field of red, white and blue Pelona Vista Park.
by Stuart Ibberson manent change of station moves. Local commanders issued ever
editor increasing restrictions on who could enter a base and when.
But through it all, the mission of defending the United States,
Jan. 1, 2020, dawned as the beginning of a new year — just training new recruits, and advanced training and exercises, con-
like any other new year. tinued. Recruits still headed to basic training, and flight testing
But this past year was unlike any in living memory. continued.
Early in the year, news of the COVID-19 coronavirus started Meetings, conferences, changes of command and promotion
percolating and before we knew it, the entire world was in the ceremonies continued — albeit socially distanced and virtually.
midst of a global pandemic. Air shows around the world were cancelled, including the LA
Businesses started closing, people were ordered to stay at County Air Show in March; but aircraft still flew — honoring
home and life as we knew it changed. frontline workers with flyovers of hospitals and medical facili-
Face masks became a common sight, telecommuting became ties across the country.
something almost everyone became familiar with, and social When it became necessary to re-think the Edwards air show,
distancing became the norm. The Defense Department issued a Brig. Gen. Matt Higer, the 412th Test Wing commander, envi-
worldwide stop movement order — postponing TDYs and per- See YEAR, Page 2
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