AF names 12 outstanding airmen

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RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) --  Air Force officials announced the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2003 on July 10. The top airmen were chosen from a field of 46 members representing organizations at all levels of command throughout the Air Force.

The winners are:

-- Staff Sgt. Omar Ali Abed, from the 37th Security Forces Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

-- Master Sgt. Douglas A. Ackerman, from the 726th Air Mobility Squadron at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany.

-- Senior Airman Hector G. Bauza, from the 18th Medical Group at Kadena AB, Japan.

-- Staff Sgt. Jason R. Blodzinski, from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

-- Tech. Sgt. James H. Coffey III, from the 50th SFS at Schriever AFB, Colo.

-- Senior Master Sgt. Keith D. Finney, from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron at Osan AB, Korea.

-- Tech. Sgt. Tara A. Marta, from the 932nd Air Control Squadron at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland.

-- Senior Master Sgt. Thomas O. McConnell, from the 39th Wing at Incirlik AB, Turkey.

-- Senior Airman Nathan H. Summers, from the 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Dyess AFB, Texas.

-- Senior Airman Harold J. Tolbert II, from the 9th CES at Beale AFB, Calif.

-- Staff Sgt. Christopher D. Tuck, from the 325th Contracting Squadron at Tyndall AFB, Fla.

-- Tech. Sgt. Kevin D. Vance, from the 17th Air Support Operations Squadron at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.

The airmen will be formally recognized during the Air Force Association National Convention in September, and will serve as members of the AFA's Enlisted Advisory Council for the next year. (Courtesy of Air Force Personnel Center News Service)