Plane crash survivor returns to scene, Lind

Nearly 55-years ago, Alma W. Skousen had an experience that remains vivid in his mind to this very day. Now a healthy 86-year-old, Skousen can still accurately recall the plane crash that left him and another Air Force Lieutenant stranded in a dusty field just outside of Lind, a field that he revisited for the first time on June 4.

On June 26, 1957, First Lieutenants Skousen and Wayne A. Sweetnum were flying a T-33 aircraft from Larson Air Force Base to Travis Air Force Base in California. The T-33 had served as a target airplane for training the day before.

When the group was training over th...