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Keigan Baker was born on January 14, 1996, in Longview, Wash. He died on March 19, 2020, at the Air Force Dive School in Panama City, Fla. He was 24. The Air

SOF veteran and professional fitness trainer Mark Lauren show how you can get fit in just minutes a day without the aid of weights or special gym equipment.

The Air Forces awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Valor to Lt Col. Michael Coloney for a mission that saved a Special Forces Unit under attack in Afghanistan in 2018.

An Oklahoma Air National Guard pilot was honored with the Distinguished Flying Cross.

An A-10 takes off on a highway in Alpena, Michigan, August 5, 2021. US Air Force/Master Sgt. Scott Thompson The US military is preparing for a

22 (CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M)--Snapped awake by the sound of belt-fed machine gun fire, then-Senior Airman Alaxey Germanovich, a combat controller assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, surveys the compound he had dozed off in after several sleepless days of combat. “I look around and I don’t see any of my American teammates,” said Germanovich. “(At that moment I said to myself) I need to find my friends right now.” Grabbing his helmet and rifle, Germanovich ...

Underrepresented today. >> it is. in fact, its one of the defining characteristics of john and johns broader community which is combat control. most people dont realize that these guys each exist and john is a shining example, first medal of honor for the air force in nearly half a century but in fact these guys are the deadliest individuals to walk the battlefield in the history of human war fare. >> these guys realize these underreported members of the air force and others, they dont get the h...

>> the president of the united states of america has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor posthumously to technical sergeant john a. chapman, united states air force conspicuous gallantry at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. technical sergeant john a. chapman twished himself by extraordinary heroism as an air force special tactic combat controller attached to a navy sea, air and land seal team conducting reconnaissance operations in afghanistan on march 4, 2002. d...

To be able to write and they cant hate you. so think about all the people who fought val yaniantly and no saw it, there was nobody to witness it or the paperwork got lost accidentally or on purpose and you realize that all the recipients recognize the fact that they represent all those who cant wear it. >> so for each one of these 3,000 plus people, there are so many more who did these things, who die in silence sometimes, who fight in silence. so it is important, and this is sort of what i was ...

>> captain barry crawfords main weapon was a radio. hes a combat controller going behind enemy lines to find targets and landing zones for special ops as they conduct raids in afghanistan. on thursday he was given the military second highest honor for valor, the air force cross for his actions may 4, 2010, when his unit, paired with afghan forces, was ambushed. >> captain crawford took decisive action. once the pilot had eyes on his position he remained exposed. >> he guided 33 aircraft and 40 a...