A U.S. Air Force pilot and Utah Valley alumnus, killed last year in a crash while practicing for the Thunderbirds precision flight team, has received a unique honor: Having the new Marvel movie dedicated to him.
At the end of the credits of “Captain Marvel,” which opens nationwide on Friday, there’s a line that reads: “In memory of Major Stephen Del Bagno, USAF, Thunderbird 4.”
Del Bagno, 34, died April 3, 2018, when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed in the Nevada Test and Firing Range north of Nellis Air Force Base, outside Los Angeles.