Stories from Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Next week, 28 men and women from Boise and Mountain Home will carry the Olympic Flame of peace through Mountain Home on its way to the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. One man in Mountain Home, Fred Prouty, already knows how they'll feel. In 1996, Prouty represented the city as a torch-bearer on the run through Boise as the flame headed toward the summer games in Atlanta...

by Kelly Everitt Mountain Home News Walking to the flight line last week was a special event for Lt. Col. Brad Robert, acting commander of the 391st Fighter Squadron. Beside him was the man who made it special, Dr. Mark Meier, an orthopedic surgeon responsible for Robert simply being able to walk, let alone fly...

by Amanda Rull Mountain Home News The bright sun shining on Mountain Home Air Force Base Saturday couldn't begin to match the faces of the family members as they waited for the men of the 391st Fighter Squadron to appear in the sky. After being gone three months, the eight F-15E Strike Eagles would be the first of the fighters to return from Operation Enduring Freedom...