“The next hour was a combination of skill, luck, and teamwork,” Greider recalled. “We located the downed aircraft and had to ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories amid a WWII turning point.

A call came in from the Rescue Coordination Center with information about an airplane crash in the mountains. The sun had ...

Swett is congratulated by Maj. Gen. Ralph J. Mitchell, commanding general of Marine Air Units in the South Pacific, after being awarded the Medal of Honor on Espirito Santo Island, Oct. 12 ...

Among Drake's medals and awards: the Distinguished Flying Cross, Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf Clusters. But boasting about his accomplishments wasn't Drake's style. "I admired so ...

A museum honoring Medal of Honor recipients is set to open later this month, but the project is already dogged amid an ...

Kettles’ awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster, Air Medal ...

He ultimately flew 47 combat sorties and was awarded four Air Medals for his service in that conflict. He received a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War ...

1LT Morse received the Distinguished Flying Cross and four Air Medals for his service during WWII. Charles W. Morse, Jr. passed away at the age of 97 on November 21, 2019. A comment made on his ...

Eight out of nine Army awards were D.F.C.s and Air Medals for flyers. Regardless of any heroism or merit involved, an Air Medal is usually awarded for five combat flights; an oakleaf cluster for ...