There are cruel aspects to this life... and possibly the cruelest of all is that a number of children who come into this world with the greatest of promise will never have the chance to realize all the joys that this world has to offer.

In such circumstances, the best a person can do is ease the all-too-short journey of these children, with simple joys... such as that bestowed upon a terminally ill child by a number of USAF folks from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.

Kameron Ballard-Huffman was given a day to remember as the "Fighter Pilot for a Day" at Eielsen, on March 18th. The program lets terminally ill children see what it is like to be a fighter pilot. Kameron is in the end stage of a rare liver disease. He is from Husila, Alaska, a town about 250 miles northwest of Fairbanks.

At a time when one thought we couldn't be more proud of the men and women who wear our uniform, they up and do this... increasing our respect for them evermore.

And for those who see this nation (and all of us who love it) as something awful, something to tear down, something to destroy and condemn... I dare them to consider sights like these and still find it within themselves to condemn who and what we truly are.

ANN Thanks USAF Senior Airman Joshua Strang for the photos... which touched us to the very core.

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