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The United States Air Force Memorial honors the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its heritage organizations. The Memorial is located in Arlington County, Virginia , on the former grounds of the Navy Annex near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery .
The 12-foot (3.7 m) monument was completed in 1964, [1] then restored in 2002 and rededicated in 2003. [2] [3] It depicts a man holding the United States Air Force seal and an eagle above his head. The memorial is dedicated "to the memory of those Oklahomans who have given their lives while serving their country as members of the United States ...
Pages in category "Air Force monuments and memorials" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... South African Air Force Memorial; U.
"[The monument] is dedicated to the service and the sacrifice of every man and woman that ever wore the uniform," said one veteran. 'Service and sacrifice': Air Force memorial dedicated at ...
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Memorial Avenue is part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. [62] The roadway was formally transferred from the U.S. Army to the Department of the Interior in October 1940. [63] The memorials and monuments which line Memorial Avenue are often believed to be part of Arlington National Cemetery, but are not.
Later, in 1949, Fort Stotsenburg itself was transferred from the U.S. Army to the United States Air Force and renamed Clark Air Force Base. This is the site of the Clark Veterans Cemetery. The Clark Veterans Cemetery is located just inside the main gate of the former base and consists of 20.365 acres (8.241 ha) with room for 12,000 plots.
The AT6 Monument is a granite memorial to Royal Air Force cadets who were killed while on a training flight during World War II. It stands on Big Mountain, north of Moyers, Oklahoma , in the United States , and was dedicated on February 20, 2000—the 57th anniversary of the deadly crashes.