Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing over the skies of Vietnam nearly 60 years ago.

Lt. Col. Donald Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission when his plane disappeared in a fireball.

The aircraft U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, 33, of Columbus, Wisconsin, was in went down in September 1967.

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WBAY) - An Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who was lost in the Vietnam War has been accounted for.

(WLUK) -- The remains of a Wisconsin pilot who was killed during the Vietnam War have been identified. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, 33, of Columbus, was accounted for Dec. 20, 2024.

After decades of investigation, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has announced that a Wisconsin pilot killed during the Vietnam War has been identified. U.S. Air Force Lt.

A Columbus man who died while fighting in the Vietnam War was accounted for last month, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday.

MADISON - Michael Langan ... as a computer programmer in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, including a year in Vietnam. Upon retirement from the Navy, he worked in computer programming for 15 years ...

That, for the most part, describes the crew that showed up on a bright late-summer afternoon in 2014 on the east side of Madison ... instead moved to Wisconsin in the early 1970s because — as a passionate opponent of the war in Vietnam — he wanted ...

Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during an armed night reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane disappeared. Another plane in the formation reported a mid-air fireball and Downing’s plane didn’t respond to any further radio calls, according to the accounting agency.

Lt. Col. Donald Downing was reported killed in action in April 1978 after going missing in Vietnam in September 1967.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing of Columbus was lost over Vietnam during an armed night reconnaissance mission.