Air Force Senior Airman Elizabeth A. Loncki, 23, of New Castle, Del.; assigned to the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah; killed Jan. 7, 2007 by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device while performing duties in the Baghdad area
Elizabeth was a Senior Airman with Air Force Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD). Liz was a member of St. Peter the Apostle RC Church. She was a 1998 graduate of St. Peter Elementary School, a 2001 graduate of Padua Academy. She attended Arizona State University before joining the armed forces. Liz enlisted in the U.S. Air Force March 2003, graduated from Eglin AFB–Naval Tech Explosive Ordinance Disposal School on February 27, 2004.
Senior Airman Elizabeth A. Elizabeth Loncki entered the Air Force in 2003, and graduated from NAVSCLEOD on 27 February 2004 before being stationed with the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah. In Iraq, she was assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and a member of the four-person Team Lima, which successfully executed 194 missions on the outskirts of Baghdad, resulting in the safe disarming of 129 IEDs.
Senior Airman Elizabeth A. Loncki was one of three airmen on Team Lima killed by a large vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
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