Air Force Cross
Valor Friday
It is said that war brings out the worst in men, but also brings out the best. Many of the men and women I’ve highlighted here over the years are of the latter. Usually in response to the former. Today’s is the story of two men, and how their paths crossed over Europe during World […]
Valor Friday
After the war, Olds remained in the service. He initially was posted at West Point as assistant football coach. In February 1946 though he was sent to March Field to join a P-80 Shooting Star fighter jet squadron. While there, he teamed with Lieutenant Colonel “Pappy” Herbst (a WWII ace of the China-India-Burma Theater) to […]
General Charles Boyd passes, aged 83
Boomer sends word on the passing of an Air Force legend. General Charles Boyd, highly decorated for his time in Vietnam, has died at age 83. Commissioning in 1959, he went on to beccome a fighter pilot first flying F-100 Super Sabres and then F-105 Thunderchiefs. If would be in the latter airframe that he […]
USAF combat controller who already earned Air Force Cross receives Airman’s Medal for heroics stateside
A US Air Force battlefield airman, who was awarded the service’s second highest award for combat valor, the Air Force Cross, has now earned the service’s highest award for non-combat valor. Military.com reports; For Master Sgt. Daniel Keller, bravery isn’t confined to the battlefield. The airman earned the highest Air Force award for noncombat bravery […]
Jake Gyllenhaal tapped to play TSgt John Chapman in movie chronicling his heroic last stand
In the early days of the War in Afghanistan there was a US Air Force Combat Controller named John Chapman assigned to a Navy SEAL team. On March 4, 2002 the team was aboard a US Army Special Operations MH-47E Chinook helicopter to take a 10,000ft mountain peak Takur Ghar. Their airship taking numerous enemy […]
Valor Friday
As we explore the most decorated soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines of the post-Vietnam era, the lists become much shorter. There are quite a few people who score the same or very close to each other. For example, most of the Army Medal of Honor recipients in the War on Terror earned the MoH, the […]
Airman to receive Air Force Cross for heroic actions during enemy ambush in Afghanistan
Task & Purpose reports; ASpecial Tactics Airman will be awarded the Air Force Cross on Dec. 10 for heroic actions during a 2017 battle in Afghanistan in which he “repeatedly” exposed himself to enemy fire to direct airstrikes. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alaxey Germanovich, a Special Tactics combat controller assigned to the 26th Special Tactics […]
Valor Friday
Today’s subject comes from a request. Boomer and Poetrooper wanted to hear about Chief Master Sergeant Duane Hackney, the most decorated enlisted man in US Air Force history. Along with Colonel Bud Day, Major Richard Bong, and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Chief Hackney can also stake a claim as one of the most decorated American airmen […]
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