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A stone inscribed with the dedication of the Air Force Memorial sits at the center of the three spires forming the centerpiece of the memorial in Arlington, Va., Oct. 15, 2024. The Air Force Memorial’s official dedication was held on Oct. 14, 2006. President George W. Bush spoke at the dedication ceremony and underscored the memorial’s meanings, “A soldier can walk the battlefields where he once fought, a Marine can walk the beaches he once stormed, but an airman can never visit the patch of sky he raced across on a mission to defend freedom.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Hayden Hallman)