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Costley has been recovered and will be returned to his family in Elmira, New York, for burial with full military honors, according to an Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/1650639\/af-announces-operation-colony-glacier-casualty-recovery\/source\/GovD\/\" target=_blank>press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Costley was one member of an ill-fated flight en route to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/08\/20\/air-force-plans-150m-runway-extension-at-anchorage-base\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/08\/06\/wing-commander-at-travis-relieved-financial-misconduct-alleged\/\" target=\"_blank\">McChord Air Force Base, Washington<\/a>, on Nov. 22, 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were 11 crewmen and 41 passengers on board when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/06\/07\/search-for-remains-continues-65-years-after-air-force-plane-crash-in-alaska\/\" target=_blank>the C-124 went down<\/a>. The adverse weather conditions around the crash site prevented any immediate recovery attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4256\" height=\"2832\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366833.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366833.jpg.jpg 4256w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366833.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366833.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366833.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366833.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366833.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4256px) 100vw, 4256px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">COLONY GLACIER, Alaska (June 24, 2013) \u2013 Members of a specialized investigative team with the Joint POW\/MIA Accounting Command wait as a UH-60 Black Hawk from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson drop off more members of their team to assess a historic aircraft wreck site. The Command conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts in order to support the Department of Defense&#8217;s personnel accounting efforts.\r\r(DoD Photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Clifford Bailey, U.S. Navy\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late November and early December 1952, search parties went out to the crash site, but were unable to locate and recover any of the service members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, on June 9, 2012, an Alaska National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crew spotted aircraft wreckage and debris while conducting a training mission over the Colony Glacier, immediately west of Mount Gannett, a 9,600-foot Alaskan mountain peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three days after the initial spotting, a National Guard team landed at the site to photograph the area and conduct an initial assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team found artifacts at the site that seemed to match the wreckage of the C-124 Globemaster, and later that month, the Joint POW\/MIA Accounting Command and Joint Task Force team conducted a recovery operation at the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4256\" height=\"2832\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366843.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366843.jpg.jpg 4256w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366843.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366843.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366843.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366843.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2366843.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4256px) 100vw, 4256px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">COLONY GLACIER, Alaska (June 26, 2013) \u2013 Dr. Greg Berg and Kelley Esh, anthropologists leading a specialized recovery team with the Joint POW\/MIA Accounting Command, verify a location point as they assess a historic aircraft wreck site. The command conducts global search, recovery and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts in order to support the Department of Defense&#8217;s personnel accounting efforts. (DoD Photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Clifford Bailey, U.S. Navy\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That task force gathered what they could, and also recommended the site continue to be monitored for future recovery operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn 2013, additional artifacts were visible and every summer since then, during a small window of opportunity, Alaskan Command, [Alaska National Guard] personnel and Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations have been supporting the joint effort of Operation Colony Glacier,\u201d the Air Force press release reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Medical examiners from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System positively identified Costley\u2019s remains, which were recovered in June 2018, according to the release. 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