Featured Airmen
TSgt David Perez
On November 11, 2011, Technical Sergeant David Perez was the convoy commander for amission to Kalsu Air Base, Iraq. The convoy had proceeded north past a checkpoint on Main Supply Route Tampa, when ...
TSgt Scott Saenz
From May to November 2011, Technical Sergeant Scott Saenz was deployed to Afghanistan and served on an explosive ordnance team as part of a Joint tasking with the Marine Corps. While deployed, he contributed ...
SSGT JEFFERY SALAZAR
Staff Sergeant Jeffery Salazar provided mission critical airpower expertise as a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) while attached to an Army Special Forces team in the contested Konar Province, Afghanistan ...
SSGT VANESSA SALZL BIBB
In November 2010, Staff Sergeant Vanessa Salzl Bibb volunteered to deploy to Zabul Province, Afghanistan, with a Provincial Reconstruction Team as a female engagement team member. She was requested by name ...
SSGT TRAVIS SANFORD
Staff Sergeant Travis Sanford, a special operations weatherman, was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 as a member of a Marine special operations team. Shortly after midnight on March 8, Sergeant Sanford and his teammates ...
SSGT BEN SEEKELL
In February 2011, Sergeant Ben Seekell, and his military working dog, Charlie, deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, as part of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. In the early morning of May 8, 2011 ...
MSGT CHRISTOPHER URIARTE
While assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as a pararescueman, over a four-day period in August 2010, Master Sergeant Christopher Uriarte faced one of his most challenging missions in the Chugach mountain range ...
SSGT TREVOR BREWER
On March 2, 2011, Staff Sergeant Trevor Brewer and 14 other security forces Airmen were preparing to depart Frankfurt International Airport on a bus bound for Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to begin their deployment ...
SRA VERONICA COX
In the dark of night on March 14, 2011—three days after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake devastated northeastern Japan—Senior Airman Veronica Cox hoisted down 40 feet from a hovering helicopter onto the roof of a senior-care facility ...
CAPT JENNIFER CURTIS
In April 2011, Captain Jennifer Curtis received a short-notice deployment to Firebase Chamkani, Afghanistan, where she embedded with U.S. Army Special Forces to assist with village stability operations. Captain Curtis quickly realized ...
CAPT DARREL DELEON
In October 2010, Captain Darrel DeLeon, mission commander in the 1st Space Operations Squadron, deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan as a liaison officer to the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force.
TSGT MATTHEW SCHWARTZ
Technical Sergeant Matthew Schwartz was an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team leader embedded with an Army route clearance platoon supporting a Joint combat operation in Afghanistan. The EOD team’s mission was to locate ...
MSGT KEVIN WALLACE
On April 3, 2011, while deployed to Afghanistan, Master Sergeant Kevin Wallace joined a team of U.S. Army scouts to conduct patrol base operations from Outpost Reaper. Their mission would take them further away from the outpost than ...
MSGT ANGELA BLUE
In June 2011, then Technical Sergeant Angela Blue deployed to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Sweeney in Shinkai District, Afghanistan, as an aeromedical technician for Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul.
CAPT BARRY CRAWFORD
On May 4, 2010, Captain Barry Crawford Jr., then a special tactics officer assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Special Tactics Squadron in Afghanistan, and a team of approximately 100 Army Special Forces and Afghan commandos ...
TSGT TAVIS DELANEY
In March 2011, Technical Sergeant Tavis Delaney deployed to Forward Combat Outpost Kalagush, Laghman Province, Afghanistan, serving as a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC). On the morning of May 25, Sergeant Delaney received ...
LTCOL KARL INGEMAN
As part of Operation ODYSSEY DAWN, on the night of March 21, 2011, Lieutenant Colonel Karl “Buzz” Ingeman led a two-ship formation of F-16s from Aviano Air Base, Italy, on a mission to aid in the protection of Benghazi from ...
SSGT CHRISTOPHER JARRELL
On November 21, 2011, while assigned to the U.S. Army 3-71 Cavalry in the village of Rangrazan, Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Christopher Jarrell, a military working dog handler, and his Army platoon came under direct fire ...
SSGT KYLE KLAPPERICH
Staff Sergeant Kyle Klapperich, a pararescueman, deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM as the primary rescue specialist and sole medic attached to a combined U.S. Navy SEAL and Afghan Commando Team.
CAPT BLAKE LUTTRELL
On January 9, 2012, Captain Blake Luttrell, a special tactics officer, and his element were conducting a helicopter assault in Afghanistan to capture a known insurgent and improvised explosive device facilitator. Captain Luttrell’s element ...
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