Senior Airman Heather Leithead, 2nd Maintenance Squadron, plays the trumpet on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 9. Leithead performed Taps for the ceremony to remember the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gonsier)(RELEASED)
Members of the base Honor Guard raise the American Flag during the National Anthem on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 9. The Honor Guard prepared and raised the flag during the ceremony to honor the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gonsier)(RELEASED)
Members of the base Honor Guard raise the American flag during the National Anthem on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 9. The Honor Guard prepared and raised the flag during the ceremony to honor the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gonsier)(RELEASED)
Brig. Gen. Keith Kries, 8th Air Force mobilization assistant to the commander, and Airman 1st Class Broden McDonald, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepare a wreath for the September 11 remembrance ceremony on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 9. Barksdale Airmen placed the wreath to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks on the nation in 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gonsier)(RELEASED)
Airmen salute as Taps plays in front of wing headquarters on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 9. Barksdale Airmen honored the victims of the terrorist attacks on the nation in 2001 with a September 11 remembrance ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gonsier)(RELEASED)