The Air Force awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross to four C-17 aviators for their role in the Kabul airlift, but not the flying crew chief. Check out our latest YouTube videos. Watch here 🎥 ...

The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded for heroic or extraordinary achievement in flight and can be awarded to an officer or enlisted member in any branch of the military.

This is why they awarded her the Distinguished Flying Cross It was awarded because she ignored exhaustion, pain, and displayed …the knack to keep her cool. Bringloe's training has not ended.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on Tech. Sgt. Katherine Rosa Orellana at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Nov. 17, 2022, for her heroic efforts during ...

Operation Desert Storm was 10 seconds away. Tom O’Neal was about to fire the first shot in the war that would end Saddam ...

Marine Capt. Michael Wolff, a KC-130J Super Hercules pilot, received the Distinguished Flying Cross at a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, the Marines said, for landing “successfully ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard presented a Distinguished Flying Cross medal to Lt. Cmdr. Jacob Conrad, whose heroism saved ...

According to the citation Walton earned, “Capt. Walton disregarded extremely high winds, poor visibility and enemy mortar and ...

Since Sept. 11, 2001, only 110 air commandos have been awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for their heroism, according to Bauernfeind. Lackey also received a DFC in 2002.

The last Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to a rescue swimmer was given in 2021 to Aviation Survival Technician 3rd Class Jack Kelly for a nighttime rescue of a hiker who had plunged 100 feet ...

Maj. Cory T. Jones, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for conducting an emergency landing after another aircraft collided with his KC-130J Super ...

Sanborn was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for flying in dangerous weather and thunderstorms with nearly 50 knot winds. His efforts led to the rescue of 24 people, according to his award ...