Recipients

Robert Titus

Robert Titus studied engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1945, serving as a squad leader with the 82d Airborne…
Willard Collins

Captain Collins Co-pilot, Captain Delbert Peterson, also earned a posthumous Air Force Cross in this mission. Captain Collins was listed as Missing in Action after…
Konrad Trautman

Konrad Trautman served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, and in the U.S. Air Force in both the Korean and Vietnam…
Paul Johnson

This was the first combat mission use of this nature of the A-10. A few days after this mission on February 6, 1991, Captain Johnson…
William Andrews

Bill Andrews Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1980. Captured in this action on February 27, 1991, he…
Weston Smith
Delbert Peterson

Delbert Peterson’s Pilot, Captain Willard Collins, also received the Air Force Cross for the same mission. Lieutenant Peterson’s remains have never been recovered.
Joseph Personett

Joseph Personett Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1969. On the two-day action for which he received the…
Hunter Hackney

Before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force, Hunter Hackney graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. On the…
Duane Hackney

Major Patrick Wood was Air Craft commander of Airman Hackney’s rescue helicopter, “Jolly Green 05” (65-12779). He and Co-Pilot Richard A. Kibbey and Helicopter Mechanic…
Walter Draeger

Walter Draeger Skyraider was seen to crash in flames in the mission that earned him the Air Force Cross, and he was listed as Missing…
Eugene Conley

Captain Conley was listed as Missing in Action after he was shot down on January 21, 1967. His remains were recovered, identified, and returned to…