The U.S. Air Force will provide military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran who was fatally shot inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The service confirmed the decision in a letter sent to her family and made public this week. Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew L. Lohmeier wrote on 15 Aug. that, after reviewing the circumstances of Babbitt’s death, he was “persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect,” and invited the family to the Pentagon. Honors for a senior airman typically include a uniformed detail, the playing of “Taps” and the folding and presentation of a U.S. flag. The move overturns a February 2021 ruling by Air Force leadership under President Joe Biden, which said granting the request would “bring discredit upon the Air Force.” It comes after the Trump administration this summer agreed to pay roughly $4.98 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Babbitt’s estate and, earlier in the year, issued clemency for many Jan. 6 offenders. Babbitt served on active duty from 2004 to 2008 and later in the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard, deploying to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates. She was shot by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd while attempting to climb through a broken window leading to the Speaker’s Lobby; multiple investigations cleared the officer of wrongdoing. The Air Force’s reversal is the latest flashpoint in the broader political debate over the legacy of the Capitol riot.