PRESS ROOM
Press Releases
Backgrounders
Images
Television Coverage
Print Coverage
Media Inquiries
Useful Links
Press Releases
- 9/22/2006 - Air Force Memorial's Soaring Spires Completed (PDF - 75 KB)
- 9/15/2006 - Two Done, One To Go – Air Force Memorial Spires Near Completion (PDF - 195 KB)
- 9/11/2006 - Media Accreditation: Air Force Memorial Dedication Ceremony (PDF - 153 KB)
- 8/9/2006 - Lee Ann Womack to Perform at Air Force Memorial Dedication (PDF - 96 KB)
- 8/7/2006 - One Done, Two to Go - First of Three Air Force Memorial Spires Completed (PDF - 71 KB)
- 7/18/2006 - Air Force Memorial Foundation Launches New Web Site (PDF - 38 KB)
- 6/15/2006 - Air Force Memorial Spires Continue to Rise (PDF - 79 KB)
- 3/30/2006 - Air Force Memorial Spires Rise in Arlington, Virginia (PDF - 77 KB)
- 3/25/2006 - Air Force Memorial Spires Take Shape in Arlington, Virginia (PDF - 89 KB)
- 3/23/06 - The Air Force Memorial Dedication Ceremony
- 2/28/06 - U.S.A.F. Memorial Foundation recruits Planned Legacy for interactive donor recognition (PDF - 44 KB)
- 2/7/2006 - Air Force Memorial Spire Base Arrives in Washington Today (PDF - 75 KB)
- Archives
Backgrounders
- Fact Sheet (PDF - 178 KB)
- Architect’s Statement (PDF - 71 KB)
- Biographies
- Ross Perot, Jr., Chairman, AFMF (PDF - 67 KB)
- Major General Edward F. Grillo, Jr., USAF (Ret), President, AFMF (PDF - 38 KB)
- Colonel Peter W. Lindquist, USAF (Ret), Vice President of Operations, AFMF (PDF - 36 KB)
- Chronology - As of 10/2006 (PDF - 35 KB)
Images
Television/MULTIMEDIA Coverage
- FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace: Power Player of the Week: Spectacular New Addition to Washington Skyline, By Chris Wallace, October 8, 2006
- AF Times: Three Spires: The U.S. Air Force Memorial, By AF Times Staff, October 2, 2006
- WUSA9-TV (CBS), Washington, DC: A Memorial To Call Their Own –Finally, By Phyllis Armstrong, July 27, 2006
- WRC-TV (NBC), Washington, DC: New Washington Memorial Shaping Up, By Julie Carey, May 26, 2006
Print Coverage
- Dallas Morning News: A tribute to air and space: With help from North Texas, military memorial takes flight, By Sudeep Reddy, October 9, 2006
- Washington Post: 300 Feet of Air Force Awe: Week Before Ceremony, a Soggy Preview of Towering Memorial, By Leef Smith, October 7, 2006
- USA Today: After 15 years, Air Force gets memorial over capital Monument to service opens this month. 'It's long, long overdue.', By Alan Gomez, October 3, 2006
- The Fort-Worth Star Telegram: Perot's passion is ready for takeoff, By Dave Montgomery, October 2, 2006
- AF Times: A soaring tribute: Air Force Memorial honors 60 years of service and sacrifice, By Erik Holmes, September 28, 2006
- The Richmond Times Dispatch: Air Force Memorial: Monument will be Dedicated on Oct. 14, By Shaun Bishop, September19, 2006
- The New York Times: Nation's Memorial to Air Force Stretched Toward Space, By Michael Janofsky, August 10, 2006
- Washington Post: Air Force Memorial a Tribute to Flight and Engineering, By Rick Weiss, July 17, 2006
- Hilltop Times: AF Memorial Dedication Ends 15 Years of Planning, Fundraising, By G. A. Volb, July 6, 2006
- Air Force Print News: Air Force Memorial progress 'wows' Airmen, By J.G. Buzanowski, June 20, 2006
- Construction Magazine: The Air Force Memorial, By Christina Fisher, June 12, 2006
- Washington Examiner: New Northern Virginia attractions expected to draw millions of tourists, By Katie Wilmeth, May 3, 2006
Media Inquiries
- For additional information, to schedule a tour of the Memorial site or to arrange an interview with an Air Force Memorial Foundation spokesperson, please contact Richard Baker at 202-585-2084 or via e-mail at ribaker@webershandwick.com or Katie Martha at 202-585-2037 or via e-mail at kmartha@webershandwick.com.
- To arrange an interview with an Air Force spokesperson, please contact Major Cristin L'Esperance at 703-571-2786 or via e-mail at cristin.lesperance@pentagon.af.mil.
- For media inquiries about the engineering and development of the Memorial’s spire structure, please contact Bill Dentzer of Ove Arup & Partners at 212-897-1385 or via e-mail at william.dentzer@arup.com.
- For media inquiries about the construction of the Memorial, please contact Mark Freeman of Centex Construction at 703-218-1331 or via e-mail at mfreeman@centexconstruction.com.
- For media inquiries about the design and architecture of the Memorial, please contact George Miller of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners at 212-872-4040 or via e-mail at gmiller@pcf-p.com.
- For media inquiries about the Memorial’s Bronze Honor Guard sculpture developed by Zenos Frudakis, please contact Kelly Connor of Connor Public Relations & Communications Group at 856-223-9567 or via e-mail at kelly@connorpr.com.
USEFUL LINKS
- Air Force Association
- Air Force Sergeant's Association
- Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP (Air Force Memorial Design Team)
- Zenos Frudakis Sculptor (Air Force Memorial Honor Guard Sculptor)
- United States Air Force
- Arlington County Convention and Visitors Service
- United States Air Force Senior Leaders
- United States Air Force Academy
- Association of Graduates - United States Air Force Academy
- United States Thunderbirds
- Lee Ann Womack
- 98.7 WMZQ