General Memorialized

Maj. Gen. Joseph Brown IV, and his wife, Sue, were memorialized during a ceremony on May 1, 2013. They were both killed when their small private plane crashed near Williamsburg, Va.

2013 AFSOC remembrance ruck march

A Patriot Guard Rider hands a rose to an Airman Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Tampa, Fla. Sixteen Airmen from Hurlburt Field, Fla., completed a 450-mile march in honor of five fallen Air Commandos. Patriot Guard riders are motorcyclists who are invited to attend military funerals and memorials to show their respect for fallen service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class David Tracy)

2013 AFSOC remembrance ruck march

An Airman carries a rose given to him by a Patriot Guard Rider as he completes a 450-mile march Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Tampa, Fla. Sixteen Airmen participated in the march that started Feb. 3. at Hurlburt Field, Fla., and ended at the U.S. Special Operations Command memorial at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S Air Force photo/Senior Airman Melissa Paradise)

2013 AFSOC remembrance ruck march

Master Sgt. John Hickman scans the names of fallen heroes on the U.S. Special Operations Command memorial wall Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at MacDill Air Force Base Fla. Hickman’s journey began at Hurlburt Field, Fla., where he and fifteen other Airmen began their 450-mile march that ended at MacDill AFB to honor five Air Force Special Operations Airmen who were killed in 2012. Hickman is assigned to the 18th Flight Test Squadron first. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Adam Grant)

Air Force guitar made to honor fallen Airmen

Maj. Henry Cecil (right) talks to the audience about the background of why the Air Force guitar was built as Lillian Axe lead guitarist Steve Blaze looks on April 21, 2012, at the Riverside Warehouse in Shreveport, La. Cecil and Blaze collaborated with guitar maker John Guilford to build the guitar to honor nine Airmen who were killed April 27, 2010, at the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan. After Lillian Axe tours with the guitar, it will be raffled off with the proceeds going toward the Air Advisor Memorial. Cecil is an Air Force representative to the Federal Aviation Administration in Fort Worth, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chris Powell)

Fallen pilot 'has come home'

Airmen from the special operations community gather at a memorial service at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 28, 2012. The ceremony honored the lives of Capt. Ryan P. Hall from the 319th Special Operations Squadron, Capt. Nicholas S. Whitlock and 1st Lt. Justin J. Wilkens from the 34th Special Operations Squadron, and Senior Airman Julian S. Scholten from the 25th Intelligence Squadron. The Airmen all died in a Feb. 18, 2012, U-28A crash in Djibouti. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)