Long-Delayed Air Force Memorial Dedicated

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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.

"A long blue line of heroes has defended freedom in the skies above," Bush said. "To all who have climbed sunward and chased the shouting wind, America stops to say your service and sacrifice will be remembered forever and honored in this place by the citizens of a free and grateful nation."

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Long-Delayed Air Force Memorial Dedicated

Bush spoke at the base of three soaring steel stalks, meant to evoke the famed Air Force Thunderbirds' "bomb-burst" maneuver, which glinted in the bright sun.

The dedica...

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