Nov-Dec 01 back cover - Flightbag - Brief Article

0 Comments | Naval Aviation News, Jan, 2002

Epilogue: The huge American flag that hung to the right of the damaged area of the Pentagon was retired with full military honors on 11 October 2001. Soldiers of the Army's Old Guard lowered and folded the flag on the helipad near the spot where a hijacked airliner hit the Pentagon on 11 September.

The garrison flag, the largest type authorized for the military, originally belonged to the U.S. Army Band at Fort Myer, Va. After the attack, bandsmen sent the flag to the Pentagon where it was draped over the side of the building by soldiers and firefighters during President Bush's visit to the impact site. Each night, workers illuminated the flag with flood lights. The flag will never be flown again.