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By SHANZEH AHMAD | The Wisconsin State Journal | Published: February 21, 2021 (Tribune News Service) Both victims of a Tuesday plane crash in Janesville were celebrated pilots, and one was a valued member of the Madison-based Wisconsin Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing and a decorated veteran. Staff Sgt. Remington K. Viney, 26, of Kimberly, and Tanner W. Byholm, 25, of Glidden, died in the crash about a mile south of the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport shortly before 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. It was no secret that Staff Sgt. Viney had a passion for flying, the 115th Fighter Wing said in a Facebook post. Viney began her military career with the Wisconsin Air National Guard in December 2013 after graduating with honors from Sun Prairie High School in 2012. She enlisted as a crew chief and was assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing. In 2018, she began working full-time in the command post.
Civilian Plane Crash Victim Was Valued Member of Wisconsin Air National Guard
Rock County Sheriff Commander Jude Maurer points on a map to the location of a fatal airplane crash found in a wooded creek area behind a home on West Sunny Lane, south of Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, near Janesville, Wis., on Tuesday morning, Feb. 16, 2021. (Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP)
21 Feb 2021 The Wisconsin State Journal | By Shanzeh Ahmad
A victim of Tuesday s plane crash in Janesville was a valued member of the 115th Fighter Wing and a decorated veteran.
Staff Sgt. Remington K. Viney, 26, of Kimberly, was identified by the Rock County Medical Examiner s Office Friday as one of two people who died in the crash about a mile south of the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport shortly before 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. The other victim was Tanner W. Byholm, 25, of Glidden.
Staff Sgt. Remington K. Viney, 26, and Tanner W. Byholm, 25, most recently a member of the Air Force Reserves, died in a crash about a mile south of the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport on Tuesday.
Wisconsin Air National Guard identifies staff sergeant who was one of two killed in civilian plane crash February 20 Air Force Staff Sgt. Remington K. Viney, 26, was one of two killed in a civilian aviation crash Feb. 16. (Air Force) Officials with the Wisconsin Air National Guard on Saturday identified an airman with the 115th Fighter Wing who was one of two people who died Feb. 16 in a civilian aviation crash. Staff Sgt. Remington K. Viney, 26, was killed in the aircraft crash in Janesville, Wisconsin, at 9:18 a.m. CST Feb. 16, according to the wing’s Facebook page.
Local TV station Action 2 News previously reported that Viney was one of two people killed Tuesday during a plane crash in Rock County. Authorities identified the other victim as 25-year-old Tanner Byholm of Glidden, Wisconsin. Byholm was an Air Force reservist, according to an obituary posted online.