Matt Bell, The Register & Bee via AP, file
This May 19, 2016, photo shows Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss at an air show in Lynchburg, Va. A Blue Angels F/A-18 fighter jet crashed Thursday, June 2, near Nashville, Tenn., killing the pilot just days before a weekend air show performance, officials said. A U.S. official said the pilot was Kuss. (Matt Bell/The Register & Bee via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT 
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Flags in Colorado will be lowered to half-staff on Saturday to honor a Marine and Durango native.
Capt. Jeff Kuss, 32, died June 2 when his during a practice session for a Tennessee airshow.
Kuss served in Afghanistan and received numerous awards, including the Strike Flight Air Medal and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, according to the governor’s office. He joined the Blue Angels in 2014.
A graduate of Durango High School and Fort Lewis College, Kuss is survived by his wife and two children.
Flags will be lowered, by an order of Gov. John Hickenlooper, from sunrise to sunset Saturday.
