Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger was awarded the Air Force Medal of Honor posthumously Dec. 8. Pitsenbarger earned the medal during the Vietnam Conflict, for his actions while on a rescue and recovery mission in which he died, April 11, 1966. Illustration, Black and White
Illustration by Master Sgt. Tom Kreienbrink
Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. John L. Levitow ejecting a loaded flare from his stricken gunship during a battlefield illumination mission (color), U.S. Air Force painting
