Overview
- A B-52 on a test mission crashed after takeoff in June, killing eight people and prompting an Air Force investigation that officials say could take months to complete.
- The U.S. Air Force confirmed Maj. Brad Hovey, a 35-year-old Iowa native and Iowa State aerospace graduate, was among the victims.
- Hovey’s remains are being returned to his hometown of Adel with a public procession planned from the Des Moines area to Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home to allow community members to pay respects.
- Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home has scheduled public visitation followed by a funeral service and a private graveside interment at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery.
- The crash killed a mix of four active-duty airmen, a reservist and three civilian maintenance specialists, highlighting the human cost of sustaining the aging B-52 fleet and the long, technical nature of military accident probes.