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

Federal agencies have finally solved the mystery behind the disappearance of Wisconsin’s Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing, an Air Force pilot, after more than 57 years.

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

(WFRV) – 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. Col. Donald W. Downing, 33, of Columbus, was officially ...

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

Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane disappeared.

A man accused of helping his son hide four bodies in a Wisconsin cornfield has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

(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.

A 17-year-old Wisconsin boy was arrested following an alleged attempted armed robbery on Monday night. The La Crosse Police Department responded to a report of a weapon in the 2000 block of West Avenue South.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that its scientists in December positively identified the remains of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing of Columbus.

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

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Republicans put Pennsylvania and Wisconsin back in the win column in the 2024 presidential race, and they're hoping that momentum carries over to contests this year that will determine whether their state Supreme Courts retain left-leaning majorities or flip to conservative control.