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More than 200 airmen from Little Rock Air Force Base’s 314th Airlift Wing gathered in Heritage Park on Friday for a mass formal retreat ceremony to remember fallen service members and to commemorate Memorial Day.

“We should remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice,” Bob Largent, Air Force Association chairman of the board and guest speaker at the event, said.

“All of us must step up and support our country,” he said. He commented on the professionalism and selflessness required of service members.

The base unveiled a memorial honoring fallen airmen earlier this month. The names of Sgt. John Self, 314th Security Forces Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Dustin Peters, 314th Logistics Readiness Squadron, who both died while fighting in Iraq, were placed on it.