At long last, a Va. Air Force memorial
ARLINGTON, Va. — President Bush helped the Air Force make a dream come true on Saturday, dedicating a hilltop monument for the service to the memory of airmen lost defending America and to those that fight for it still.
Bush spoke at the base of three soaring steel stalks, meant to evoke the famed Air Force Thunderbirds' "bomb-burst" maneuver, that glinted in the bright sun. The 17,000-ton metal spires that are the centerpiece of the memorial arc as high as 270 feet into the air.
