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Capt. Taylor Bye was presented with the 2020 Koren Kolligian Jr. trophy at a Pentagon ceremony, becoming the first female recipient of the award since its creation in 1957.

"I have never been so focused on a landing in my entire life," Capt. Taylor Bye told Insider of the belly landing that earned her multiple awards.

US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers Capt. Taylor Bye skillfully belly landed her A-10 with landing gear up and no cockpit canopy last April. She was recently awarded the Air Combat Command Airmanship Award for this accomplishment. At a later date, she will receive the Air Forces coveted Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy, Insider has learned. The US Air Force pilot who skillfully belly-landed her plane with the landing gear up and the cockpit canopy rippe...

Pilot who belly landed her plane without landing gear or cockpit canopy will be the first woman A-10 pilot to receive a coveted award rpickrell@businessinsider.com (Ryan Pickrell) © US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers Capt. Taylor Bye, 75th Fighter Squadron pilot, on the flight line at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, May 5, 2021 US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers Capt. Taylor Bye skillfully belly landed her A-10 with landing gear up and n...

Air Force Capt. Taylor Byes courage and cool in a mid-flight crisis earned her the Air Combat Command’s Airmanship Award in a May 5 ceremony at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.