Recipients

Robert White

During World War II Major White served with the 355th Fighter Group in the European Theater of operations, where he flew P-51 aircraft from July…
William Caldwell

Colonel Caldwell’s important cargo on the day he earned the Air Force Cross was 27,000 pounds of ammunition, which caught fire and began burning as…
Fred Cherry

Fred Cherry graduated from Virginia Union University in 1951. He entered the Air Force as an enlisted man, then qualified as a pilot and flew…
Peter Tsouprake

Major William Robinson, Pilot of Major Tsouprake’s F-105, was also awarded the Air Force Cross for this mission.
James Harding

James Harding received his commission through the Air Force ROTC program at Penn State University. In addition to the Air Force Cross, during his multiple…
Robert Beale

Robert Beale received his commission through the Air Force ROTC program. During service in Vietnam he received both the Air Force Cross and Silver Star…
Jackson Hudson

Jackson Hudson Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of Class of 1964. Major Phillip Conran, a CH-3E Pilot, also…
Jerry Hoblit

Jerry Hoblit graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1958. During the Vietnam War he was awarded three Silver Stars. Decades…
James Gibson
Dale Stovall

Dale Stovall Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Class of 1967. The rescue effort for which he received the Air…
Bernard Lukasik

The downed airman whose aid Captain Lukasik went to in the action that earned him the Air Force cross was the Vietnamese “back seater” for…
Atis Lielmanis

Captain Howard Cody, Pilot of Atis Lielmanis’ B-26, also received a posthumous Air Force Cross for this mission. Captain Richard L. Whitesides, an L-19 Pilot…