A sign outside Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Oak Harbor expresses the sentiment felt by crewmen and families of the detained US surveillance plane in China. The base is residece to familes of the VQ 1, the squadron number for the stranded EP3E intelligence and reconnaisance airplane. Photo - AFP
China's official Xinhua news agency has released this photograph of the damaged U.S.Navy EP-3 electronic reconnaissance plane parked at Lingshui base on China's Hainan Island. Photo - XINHUA NEWS AGENCY
Twenty-eight year-old David Cecka, one of the 24 crew being held by China, stands before a EP3 intelligence reconnaissance aircraft at Whidbey Island Naval Station in Oak Harbor in this family snapshot. Cecka, married with a son, is stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Station and is an Aviation Electronic Technician 2nd Class. Photo - AFP
This color satellite image of the Lingshui military airfield on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island in the South China Sea was collected at 10.12a.m. local time on 04 April, 2001 by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite. The U.S. Navy EP-3 is visible parked on a taxiway. Photo - AFP /Spaceimaging.com
