F-16 pilots shave ‘craniums’ to support late-pilot’s son

Jeri Helton, wife of Maj. Lee Helton, a 510th Fighter Squadron pilot, shaves the head of Lt. Col. Andrew Griffin, 510th Fighter Squadron director of operations, March 28, 2014, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Helton and fellow spouse, Brittany Velasquez, wife of Capt. Alfred Velasquez Jr., 510th Fighter Squadron plans and programs chief, shaved a dozen fighter pilots’ heads to honor Brayden Mitchell, the son of late F-16 fighter pilot, 2nd Lt. Dave Mitchell. Brayden, 5, is currently battling kidney cancer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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