Veterans who performed the secret, often dangerous work of testing nuclear weapons deserve new recognition and may now call themselves “Atomic Veterans,” according to the Defense Department. The department announced the Atomic Veterans Commemorative Service Medal on July 5 to recognize that “the service and sacrifice ...
Awards
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Ribbons in order of precedence; devices; specialty berets.
A pair of AC-130J Ghostrider crews have been tapped to receive the 2021 Mackay Trophy, awarded by the Air Force and the National Aeronautic Association for the year’s most meritorious flight. The award is in recognition of their actions during the withdrawal from Afghanistan that ...
The Washington, D.C., Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists recognized four Air Force Magazine editors for excellence in journalism.
One New York Air National Guardsman received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor, and five of his fellow Airmen were awarded an Air Medal with Valor on June 4 in recognition of their actions aboard a C-17 during the noncombatant evacuation out of Kabul, Afghanistan, ...
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Four Airmen who crewed a C-17 during the noncombatant evacuation out of Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021 received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the nation’s fourth-highest award for valor in combat, on April 1.
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