Recipients

Gerald Gustafson

Major Gustafson along with Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Smith and Major Bruce Stocks all received Air Force Crosses for the same mission on November 19,…
Lawrence Guarino

As a fighter pilot in World War II, serving in both the Mediterranean theater of action and also in the Asia-Pacific theater, Lawrence Guarino was…
John Allison

John Allison served as an Aviation Mechanic in the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1950 he entered the U.S. Air Force Cadet program,…
Richard Allee

Major Allee was listed as Missing In Action following his shoot-down on December 21, 1968 and until August 17, 1979, when he was declared Killed…
Victor Adams

Victor Adams helicopter was shot down during a mission to rescue a trapped Six-Man Special Forces Long Range Reconnaissance patrol. The six men were subsequently…
Rowland Worrell

Rowland Worrell Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1968. He retired in 1996 as a U.S. Air Force…
Terence Courtney

Terrence Courtney was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC Program.
Richard Ritchie

Richard Ritchie Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1964. During his flying career he became one of the…
Timothy Wilkinson

When Timothy Wilkinson earned the Air Force Cross he became the first enlisted man to earn the award since 1975. His mission was supporting Task…
Donald Marx
Ralph Hoggatt

Ralph Hoggatt enlisted in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942 before entering the Aviation Cadet Program, earning his wings and serving as a B-24…
Russell Hunt

Major Robert Baldwin, Pilot of Russell Hunt’s aircraft, received a posthumous Air Force Cross for the same mission.