Photos: Service members honor 6 fallen airmen at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan

ByMike Waterhouse WABC logo
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Service members from several units at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, pay their respects during a fallen comrade ceremony held in honor of six Airmen Dec. 23, 2015.
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Photos: Service members honor 6 fallen airmen at Bagram Air Field in AfghanistanService members from several units at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, pay their respects during a fallen comrade ceremony held in honor of six Airmen Dec. 23, 2015.
Photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (WABC) -- Service members in Afghanistan held a special ceremony Wednesday to pay their respects to the six airmen who died in Afghanistan earlier in the week, including two from New York.

The ceremony was held at Bagram Air Field and included service members from several units.

The six airmen were killed in a suicide bomb attack near Bagram on Monday.

Two of those killed, Tech Sgt. Joseph Lemm and Staff Sgt. Louis Bonacasa, were both from New York.

Check out the touching photos of the ceremony in the slideshow above.

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