Air Force leaders attend AFA remembrance ceremony

Early morning light at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., Sept. 16, 2012, set the scene for a the Air Force Association's annual wreath laying ceremony commemorating AFA members who died in the last year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)

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)

Remembrance

Guests recite the Pledge of Allegiance 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

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)

Traveling Vietnam Wall

Patriot Guard Riders prepare to depart Colorado Springs, Colo., for an escort ride June 7, 2011, to Fort Carson, Colo. Approximately 35 riders escorted the traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dennis Rogers)

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)

Memorial garden dedicated for families of the fallen

A group tours the new memorial garden May 31, 2011, at the Center for Families of the Fallen at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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)

Honoring the fallen

Staff Sgt. Andrew Caya places an American flag on a grave during a Memorial Day ceremony May 30, 2011, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joseph McKee)

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)

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)

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)