Penni Alison, along with sons John and David, place flowers in honor of their husband and father retired Maj. Gen. John Alison Oct. 3, 2011, during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Alison is known for his distinguished Air Force career, during which he flew with the Flying Tigers over the skies of the China-Burma-India theater and helped create the Air Force’s special operations forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Mills)