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)

Remembrance

Tech. Sgt. Patrick McDermott, of the U.S. Air Force Band, plays "Taps" during a remembrance ceremony June 25, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., to mark the 15th anniversary since the Khobar Towers bombing. Nineteen Airmen were killed in the terrorist bombing, June 25, 1996, at Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tiffany Trojca)

Remembrance

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley speaks at a remembrance ceremony, June 25, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., to mark the 15th anniversary since the Khobar Towers bombing. Nineteen Airmen were killed in the terrorist bombing, June 25, 1996, at Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tiffany Trojca)

Traveling Vietnam Wall

Bob Dobek is the site manager and driver for the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall.. Mr. Dobek brought the memorial to Colorado June 7, 2011, for a six-day display at Fort Carson. He was escorted by approximately 35 motorcyclist, including members of the Patriot Guard Riders during the trip. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dennis Rogers)

Traveling Vietnam Wall

Patriot Guard Rider, "Santa Eddie," displays his "colors" before departing from Colorado Springs, Colo., June 7, 2011, for an escort ride to Fort Carson, Colo. Approximately 35 riders, many with the Patriot Guard Riders, escorted the raveling Vietnam Memorial Wall. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Dennis Rogers

Liberty Airmen pay homage to fallen

A bagpiper from the British Army's Royal Scots Dragoon Guards participates a Memorial Day ceremony honoring fallen heroes at the Scottish-American War Memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 30. The 48th Fighter Wing Honor Guard participated in the 77th annual Scottish-American Memorial Day service at the "The Call," a war memorial, presented to the Scottish people by the U.S., as a tribute to World War I Scottish troops. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Megan P. Lyon)

Liberty Airmen pay homage to fallen

Garrison Sgt. Maj. Graham White salutes the 48th Fighter Wing Honor Guard during a Memorial Day ceremony honoring fallen heroes at the Scottish-American War Memorial May 30, 2011, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This year marks the 77th annual Scottish-American Memorial Day service at "The Call," a war memorial presented to the Scottish people by the U.S., as a tribute to World War I Scottish troops. Sergeant White is assigned to Headquarters Edinburgh Garrison, Edinburgh Castle. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Megan P. Lyon)

Honoring the fallen

Volunteers place American flags on graves during a Memorial Day ceremony May 30, 2011, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, NY. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joseph McKee)

Honoring the fallen

Volunteers placed American flags on graves during a Memorial Day ceremony May 30, 2011, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, NY. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joseph McKee)

CASF memorial walls

Service members left their marks on the walls of the contingency airlift staging facility at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Since the troop surge in 2007, wounded warriors and top military officials have written messages as a way to commemorate their fallen comrades and to thank the JB Balad hospital staff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Keyonna Fennell)

Wreath laying ceremony

The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard colors team presents the colors during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns April 5, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va.. The guest honoree and wreath presenter was Gen. Col. Alexander Nikolyevich Zelin, commander-in-chief of the Russian air force. The wreath was laid in honor of all fallen service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Ruano)

Wreath laying ceremony

Gen. Col. Alexander Nikolyevich Zelin, commander-in-chief of the Russian air force, salutes during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns April 5, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. The wreath was laid in honor of all fallen service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Ruano)

Wreath laying ceremony

Capt. Tiffany Stone commands her U.S. Air Force Honor Guard flight into formation during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, April 5, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. The guest honoree and wreath presenter was Gen. Col. Alexander Nikolyevich Zelin, commander-in-chief of the Russian air force. The wreath was laid in honor of all fallen service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Ruano)

Memorial marathon eternalizes Bataan Death March

Participants of the 22nd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March imprint their footprints on the 26.2-mile desert trail March 27, 2011, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The event, attended by a record number of more than 6,000 marchers, commemorates the original Bataan Death March which occurred in the Philippines during World War II. On April 9, 1942, 75,000 Army, Army Air Corps, Navy, Marines and Filipino soldiers were surrendered to Japanese forces. Forced to march 60 miles in the sweltering heat through the Philippine jungles, thousands of soldiers died in transit to prisoner-of-war camps. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Turner)

Memorial marathon eternalizes Bataan Death March

A participant of the 22nd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March holds a flag March 27, 2011 during a moment of silence at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Three remaining survivors attended the opening ceremony. The event, attended by a record number of more than 6,000 marchers, commemorated the original Bataan Death March, which occurred in the Philippines during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Turner)

VCSAF describes airpower's key role in Pacific at Tinian symposium

Lt. Col. Richard Pagliuco drops a 20th Air Force coin in the pit used to load atomic bombs onto B-29 Superfortresses at the end of World War II, shortly before a wreath-laying ceremony Aug. 6, 2010, in Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern Northern Mariana Islands. Local officials invited him and a 509th Bomb Wing representative to place unit coins in the bomb pit during a commemoration of Tinian's role in World War II. Colonel Pagliuco is the 20th Air Force deputy director of operations at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Sam Highley)

VCSAF describes airpower's key role in Pacific at Tinian symposium

Capt. Ron Poe climbs into the pit used to load atomic bombs onto B-29 Superfortresses at the end of World War II, while Lt. Col. Richard Pagliuco prepares to follow him, shortly before a wreath-laying ceremony Aug. 6, 2010, in Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. Both were invited by local officials to place unit coins in the bomb pit during a commemoration of Tinian's role in World War II. Colonel Pagliuco is the 20th Air Force deputy director of operations at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., and Captain Poe is the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Maintenance Unit officer in charge at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Sam Highley)

Seven WWII Airmen buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Soldiers from The Old Guard prepare to fold two American flags that were draped over two caskets containing the remains of seven Airmen who died in Burma in 1944 July 15, 2010 at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. (DOD photo/Michael Tolzmann)

Seven WWII Airmen buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, carry a casket containing the remains of six Airmen, who died during World War II in Burma July 15, 2010 at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. (DOD photo/Michael Tolzmann)