https://www.af.mil Air Force Link News RSS Feed en-us Fri, 27 May 2016 19:44:49 GMT Sat, 23 Jan 2021 02:16:39 GMT https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/783938/volunteers-commemorate-memorial-day-raise-675-american-flags/ An Army systems engineer brought more than 80 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and civilians from around the National Capital Region together May 24-26 to raise 675 American flags at the Pentagon in honor of Memorial Day.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2016/May/27/2001546243/82/55/0/160523-F-SP731-001.JPG' alt='Army veteran Alvin Nieder poses with the flags that he and his team will raise outside the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., in honor of Memorial Day. Nieder has volunteered to organize this flag raising event since 2002. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alyssa Gibson)' /> <br /> Fri, 27 May 2016 19:44:49 GMT Staff Sgt. Alyssa Gibson https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/783938/volunteers-commemorate-memorial-day-raise-675-american-flags/ Memorial Day Top Stories https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/754580/wwii-vets-tour-memorial-remember-fallen-brothers-in-arms/ Clouds lingered overhead, as young and old walked around the water fountain at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Couples took photos of one another while mothers and fathers tried to keep track of children attempting to run free. A leather-skinned gentleman, standing upright with his shoulders back, strolled arm-in-arm with another man who walked with a slight limp. The two, both with slight smiles on their age-worn faces, reminisced about the war they survived together while touring their memorial. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2016/May/09/2001535020/82/55/0/150430-F-HW140-088.JPG' alt='Service members and civilians thank World War II veterans for their service at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., during an Honor Flight ceremony April 30, 2016. The Honor Flight Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to transporting America’s veterans to the nation’s capital to visit the memorials. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bryan Franks)' /> <br /> Mon, 09 May 2016 15:23:00 GMT Tech. Sgt. Bryan Franks https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/754580/wwii-vets-tour-memorial-remember-fallen-brothers-in-arms/ Air Force Family Memorial Day https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589842/luxembourg-us-honor-freedoms-sacrifice-during-memorial-day/ More than 300 Luxembourgers and Americans paused to reflect on the sacrifices of fallen U.S. service members as part of a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial here, May 23. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2015/May/27/2001050289/82/55/0/150523-F-ZL078-838.JPG' alt='An honor guard detail executes a ceremonial volley during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial May 23, 2015. The base&#39;s Airmen also served as a ceremonial flight in service dress, caretakers of the cemetery&#39;s Luxembourg and U.S. flags, and escorts for guests to lay wreaths. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden) ' /> <br /> Wed, 27 May 2015 19:26:00 GMT Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589842/luxembourg-us-honor-freedoms-sacrifice-during-memorial-day/ Memorial Day https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589709/csaf-pays-tribute-during-national-memorial-day-parade/ Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III represented the Air Force during the 10th annual National Memorial Day Parade in downtown Washington, D.C., May 25.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2015/May/26/2001049960/82/55/0/150525-F-EK235-240.JPG' alt='Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III salutes military members marching in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2015. The National Memorial Day Parade was first launched in 2005 by the American Veterans Center in Washington. Welsh also honored American veterans by attending a wreath-laying ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)' /> <br /> Tue, 26 May 2015 20:40:01 GMT Air Force News Service https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589709/csaf-pays-tribute-during-national-memorial-day-parade/ Memorial Day Top Stories https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589707/af-recognizes-a-lifetime-of-service/ Air Force Assistant Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Hoog presented the Air Force Exceptional Service Award to retired Col. Arnald D. Gabriel during an Air Force Symphony performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, May 24.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2015/May/26/2001049951/82/55/0/150524-F-EK235-388.JPG' alt='Retired Col. Arnald Gabriel conducts a special Memorial Day concert performance by the by Air Force Symphony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts May 24, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Gabriel served in the Army as a combat machine gunner and landed in Normandy, France, on D-Day with the 29th Infantry Division. He later became an Air Force officer and served with the U.S. Air Force Band. Gabriel retired as the band&#39;s commander in 1985. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)' /> <br /> Tue, 26 May 2015 20:05:32 GMT Staff Sgt. Torri Ingalsbe https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589707/af-recognizes-a-lifetime-of-service/ Memorial Day https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589623/cmsaf-cody-honors-fallen-at-memorial-day-wreath-laying/ Paying respect to those who made the ultimate sacrifice, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody gave the keynote speech during a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Air Force Memorial May 25.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2015/May/26/2001049715/82/55/0/150525-F-FC975-274.JPG' alt='Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody was the keynote speaker during a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony held at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., May 25, 2015. During his remarks, Cody honored the more than one million men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)' /> <br /> Mon, 25 May 2015 19:00:00 GMT Senior Airman Hailey Haux https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589623/cmsaf-cody-honors-fallen-at-memorial-day-wreath-laying/ Memorial Day Top Stories https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589459/air-force-leaders-memorial-day-message/ Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III sent a Memorial Day message to the Airmen of the Air Force and their families.<br/> Fri, 22 May 2015 13:50:00 GMT Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/589459/air-force-leaders-memorial-day-message/ Memorial Day Top Stories https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/126717/balad-airmen-honor-fallen-on-memorial-day/ About 300 Airmen here gathered May 28 to honor the servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2007/May/29/2000487150/82/55/0/070528-F-3108S-440.JPG' alt='Honor guard member Tech. Sgt. Richard Rositas watches over the Fallen Airman Memorial at Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 28 as an Airman in the background pays tribute to the fallen. More than 300 Airmen gathered to pay tribute to servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice defending freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Steffen)' /> <br /> Tue, 29 May 2007 13:48:00 GMT Staff Sgt. LuCelia Ball https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/126717/balad-airmen-honor-fallen-on-memorial-day/ Expeditionary Operations Fallen Airman Remembered Memorial Day Mission/Training