Another service spokesman, Maj. Bryan Lewis, said he couldn't disclose how many of the recommendations were upgraded from Silver Star to Air Force Cross and from Air Force Cross to Medal of Honor ...

The commander of Air Force Special Operations Command has posthumously presented Distinguished Flying Cross medals to two air commandos 14 years after they were killed in a CV-22 Osprey crash on ...

When Task & Purpose asked if Tech Sgt. Daniel Keller’s Air Force Cross could be one of the awards upgraded to the Medal of Honor, Goldfein said there’s “always a chance,” but that is not ...

On May 6, the Air Force honored Senior Airman Dustin Temple with an Air Force Cross for heroism in Afghanistan in 2014. Temple's award citation describes just a part of his two harrowing days as a ...

Each Special Tactics airman is receiving the Air Force Cross. It's the Air Force's highest combat medal and second highest military decoration for valor in the U.S.

The Air Force will posthumously award Distinguished Flying Cross medals to two airmen 14 years after they were killed in an CV-22 Osprey crash on April 9, 2010, during a mission near Qalat ...

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. — – Three Special Tactics combat controllers received the Air Force Cross and two Silver Star medals on May 6 for extraordinary heroism and gallantry in the face of ...

Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Gutierrez isn't worried about the discord surrounding his Air Force Cross award. "I'm more thankful to be alive actually than anything else," he told reporters during ...

Baradat, who left the Air Force last year and now lives in California, said he was not seeking medals during the fight on April 6, 2013. “I was just concentrating on doing my job,” he said.

In addition to Senior Airman Dustin Temple, who received the Air Force Cross on May 6, six other airmen have received the medal since 9/11: Tech. Sgt. John Chapman became the first Air Force ...

The Air Force Cross is second only to the Medal of Honor; Staff Sgt. Daniel P. Keller received it for his actions on a 2017 mission in Afghanistan.