Air Force Changes Retiree Funerals

Week of November 05, 2007

Base honor guards Air Force-wide will change the way they perform retiree funerals starting Nov. 1, 2007. The formal 10-person funeral will no longer be authorized for retiree funerals. The funeral detail will now consist of seven people who will serve as pall bearers, flag folders, flag presenter, bugler, spare, and firing party. A video documenting the new funeral is available on the Air Force Honor Guard website at http://www.honorguard.af.mil/. For more information or questions regarding funeral policy or protocol, call the Pentagon air staff at (703) 604-4928.