United States Air Force Memorial
The United States Air Force Memorial honors the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its heritage organizations. The Memorial is located in Arlington County, Virginia, on the former grounds of the Navy Annex near The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arlington National Cemetery and Pentagon.
Arlington National Cemetery
Photo: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arlington National Cemetery is in Arlington, Virginia. Just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., adjacent to the Pentagon, this national military cemetery includes John F.
Pentagon
Military installation
Photo: David B. Gleason, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.
Pentagon Memorial
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The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, or simply the Pentagon Memorial, located just southwest of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is a permanent outdoor memorial to the 184 people who died as victims in the building and on American Airlines Flight 77 during the September 11 attacks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pentagon City and Penrose Historic District.
Pentagon City
Suburb
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Pentagon City is an unincorporated neighborhood located in the southeast portion of Arlington County, Virginia. It is located near the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
Penrose Historic District
Neighborhood
The Penrose Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia within the Penrose, Arlington, Virginia neighborhood.
National Landing
Neighborhood
National Landing is an area in Northern Virginia encompassing parts of the Crystal City and Pentagon City neighborhoods of Arlington County and the Potomac Yard neighborhood in the city of Alexandria.
United States Air Force Memorial
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: memorial in Arlington, Virginia
- Categories: National Memorial of the United States, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Arlington, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.86844° or 38° 52′ 6″ northLongitude
-77.06649° or 77° 3′ 59″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
87C4VW9M+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 38314833OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6347260Wikidata ID
Q7889224
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“United States Air Force Memorial” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Air Force Memorial”
- Finnish: “Yhdysvaltain ilmavoimien muistomerkki”
- Finnish: “Yhdysvaltojen ilmavoimien muistomerkki”
- German: “Luftwaffendenkmal der Vereinigten Staaten”
- Japanese: “アメリカ空軍記念碑”
- Urdu: “یونائیٹڈ اسٹیٹس ایئر فورس میموریل”
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Notable Places Nearby
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