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Airmen carry a casket under an arch of sabers.

Funeral Honors

Members of the Air Force Academy Honor Guard carry the casket of retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott Jr. to his gravesite through an academy saber arch salute during funeral services in Colorado Springs, Colo., March 29, 2022. Scott led the Air Force Academy as its 10th superintendent from 1983 to 1987 and was laid to rest in the academy's cemetery.

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