The Army awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses to 15 aviators who helped kick off the air campaign of Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. The men received the high honor May 15 at the 2025 Army ...

Operation Desert Storm was 10 seconds away. Tom O’Neal was about to fire the first shot in the war that would end Saddam Hussein’s occupation of Kuwait. And he didn’t know it. Although the battle plan ...

1st Lt. Taylor Nave 134th Air Refueling Wing Dec 21, 2024 Dec 21, 2024 The Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded to 11 members of the 134th Air Refueling Wing on Dec. 7 for their heroic actions ...

NAVARRE — For Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Frank Veres Jr, the night of Jan. 18, 2022, started as a normal nighttime training operation. By the night's end, his actions would earn him the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An aircrew with the Tennessee National Guard received a prestigious military award after 11 members conducted an operation while countries in the Middle East fired missiles at each ...

Four aircrew members assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for aerial achievement during a pinning ceremony. Four aircrew members assigned to the 6th Air ...

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — Two A-10C Thunderbolt II pilots received Distinguished Flying Crosses during a ceremony here March 2. Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, presented ...

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