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30-year-old airman was ‘fighter to the very end’ after brain tumor diagnosis in Alaska

A beloved 30-year-old husband and father who served with the Air Force in his home state of Alaska has died about a year after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, military officials said. Senior Airman James “Nilson” Mixsooke, who grew up in the small community of Unalakleet in western Alaska, was diagnosed in early 2024, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson said in a Feb. 26 news …
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A beloved 30-year-old husband and father who served with the Air Force in his home state of Alaska has died about a year after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, military officials said.

Senior Airman James “Nilson” Mixsooke, who grew up in the small community of Unalakleet in western Alaska, was diagnosed in early 2024, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson said in a Feb. 26 news release.