The audience at the 2013 Air Force Birthday Ball raises their glasses for a toast Sept. 20 at the Trotter Convention Center. The toasts honor Air Force senior leadership, the president and the men and women fighting for their country. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Stephanie Englar)
Airman 1st Class Julianna White, 14th Comptroller Squadron, performs the POW/MIA Missing Man ceremony during the 2013 Air Force Birthday Ball. The ceremony honors those who may have been taken prisoner or have gone missing during wartimes. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Stephanie Englar)
Members of the Lafayette High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps perform a weapons demonstration at the 2013 Air Force Birthday Ball held Sept. 20 at the Trotter Convention Center. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Stephanie Englar)
Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Gene" Smith, representing the oldest veteran present and Airman 1st Class William Farr, 14th Civil Engineer Squadron, the youngest Airmen assigned to Columbus Air Force Base, perform the traditional cutting of the Air Force Birthday cake.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Stephanie Englar)
Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Gene" Smith gives a speech at the 2013 Air Force Birthday Ball Sept. 20 at the Trotter Convention Center in Downtown Columbus. Smith, who talked about what made a hero and about serving your country (no matter what), was repatriated March 14, 1973 after he was a prisoner of war for five and a half years after being shot down over Hanoi, Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Stephanie Englar)
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