Design of Air Force Memorial evokes air itself Published Oct. 2, 2006 SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- When architect James Ingo Freed set out to conceive a memorial for the Air Force, he faced a problem: How to design a monumental structure that evokes the air itself."It's easy to describe an element that the Army deals with, which is land, and the Navy, which is water. It's more challenging to describe that element that the Air Force works in, which is air and space," said retired Maj. Gen. Edward Grillo, president of the Air Force Memorial Foundation.To learn more about Mr. Freed's inspiration for the memorial, which will be dedicated in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, click on the accompanying icon.