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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 ...
"[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 ...
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.
Royal Air Force Memorial; S. Spirit of the Few Monument This page was last edited on 14 June 2022, at 17:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
A committee to erect an RAF memorial was first established in February 1919, and relaunched in January 1920, led by Lord Hugh Cecil and Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard. Funds to erect a memorial were raised by the RAF Memorial Fund subsequently known as the RAF Benevolent Fund. The memorial was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
The U.S. Military Working Dog Teams National Monument is a monument to military working dogs located at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.The monument represents handlers, dogs, and veterinary support, from all military service branches (Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard) that have made up the Military Working Dog program since World War II.