D-M Airman memorial service slated

Published May 5, 2011
By 020511

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz -- A memorial service will be held for Capt. Nathan J. Nylander, an Airman assigned to the 25th Operational Weather Squadron here, at 10 a.m. Friday, May 6.

Captain Nylander was pronounced dead on April 27 after a shooting at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan. The death of this Airman marks the third loss Davis-Monthan has suffered to either operations in Afghanistan.

Captain Nylander is survived by his wife Miriam Nylander and three children.

For more information or for media who are interested in covering the event, contact the 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office at (520)228-3406 by noon on Thursday, May 5.