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AF presents 2014, 2015 Sijan award winners
Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III presented the 2014 and 2015 Lance P. Sijan Leadership Awards to eight Airmen in the Airman’s Hall on April 7 at the Pentagon.
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4/08
2016
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Medal of Honor site pays tribute to courageous Airmen
The Air Force has released a new website dedicated to more than 60 Airmen who have received the Medal of Honor for exemplary acts of courage.
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3/25
2016
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Pentagon announces changes to military decorations, awards program
The Pentagon has made a number of changes to the military decorations and awards program to ensure service members receive appropriate recognition of their actions, according to a statement released Jan. 7.
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1/07
2016
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A widow’s story: Living by faith
Just before sunset on Veterans Day, she sat next to her husband’s headstone at Arlington National Cemetery, reminding her three children how their father was with God in heaven and what it means to have faith. Faith has kept Heather Gray moving forward. It’s what has gotten her through the grief and trials she faced after her husband, Maj. David Gray, was killed by a suicide bomber in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 8, 2012.
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12/04
2015
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WWII Veteran, POW receives Presidential Unit Citation
A veteran from the greatest generation was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation with one oak leaf cluster by Sen. John S. McCain on Capitol Hill, July 7.
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7/09
2015
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Medal of Honor recipient speaks to McConnell Airmen
The first living Medal of Honor recipient from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq shared his story with McConnell Air Force Base members April 21.
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4/24
2015
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AF holds Medal of Honor recognition event
In observance of National Medal of Honor Day, Air Force senior leaders hosted a Q-and-A session with two of the Air Force's living Medal of Honor recipients, retired Col. Joe M. Jackson and retired Col. Leo K. Thorsness at the Pentagon, March 24.
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3/25
2015
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Uncommon gallantry: Remembering Bernard Fisher
Retired Col. Bernard Fisher, who risked his life landing his A-1E Skyraider to rescue a fellow pilot while North Vietnamese troops unleashed a storm of bullets toward him, died Aug. 16, at age 87.
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8/27
2014
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Remembering a true American hero: Medal of Honor recipient goes west
The 366th Fighter Wing here mourns the loss of a fellow Airman, longtime Idaho resident and a true American hero.
Air Force Medal of Honor recipient retired Col. Bernard Fisher passed away Aug. 16.
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8/19
2014
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Lieutenant continues legacy started by great uncle, Medal of Honor recipient
Facing a wave of enemy Communist forces, and knowing that staying behind would likely lead to his capture, Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun disregarded the evacuation order and willingly risked his life to tend to the wounded.Kapaun, according to numerous battlefield accounts from the Korean War, convinced a wounded Chinese officer to order a
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3/25
2014
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