National Aeronautical Association’s (NAA’s) 2022 Frank G. Brewer Trophy for excellence in Aerospace Education
Awards
Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Mike Minihan awarded 51 Distinguished Flying Cross awards at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 21—one of the largest DFC ceremonies in recent history. All of the awards were given to Airmen who participated in Operation Allies Refuge, the noncombatant ...
An Airman who rushed to help in the aftermath of the suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation Allies Refuge received the Distinguished Flying Cross on Nov. 17—with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. presenting the medal. Brown gave the award ...
Ten Airmen received the Distinguished Flying Cross on Nov. 1, including the crew of the C-17 that flew a record-breaking 823 people to safety during the noncombatant evacuation out of Afghanistan last August. Every member of that famous C-17 flight, call sign REACH 871, received ...
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Tech. Sgt. Jordan Locke, now a member of the 51st Security Forces Squadron at Osan Air Base in South Korea, engaged in an hours-long fight with the terrorists as they attacked Cooperative Security Location-Manda Bay.
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Nearly 100 Airmen will receive Distinguished Flying Crosses and a dozen more will get Bronze Star Medals for their actions in Operation Allies Refuge, the noncombatant evacuation out of Kabul, Afghanistan, in the summer of 2021 that garnered worldwide attention. Additionally, the 621st Contingency Response ...
An Air Force security forces squadron flight sergeant received the Bronze Star Medal with Valor in recognition of his heroism in defending against a terrorist ground attack in Kenya in 2020. Tech. Sgt. Jordan Locke, now a member of the 51st Security Forces Squadron at ...