Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on Tech. Sgt. Katherine Rosa Orellana at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Nov. 17, 2022, for her heroic efforts during ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard presented a Distinguished Flying Cross medal to Lt. Cmdr. Jacob Conrad, whose heroism saved the lives of two men along with two rescuers who were trapped on a ...

Operation Desert Storm was 10 seconds away. Tom O’Neal was about to fire the first shot in the war that would end Saddam ...

The last Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to a rescue swimmer was given in 2021 to Aviation Survival Technician 3rd Class Jack Kelly for a nighttime rescue of a hiker who had plunged 100 feet ...

Since Sept. 11, 2001, only 110 air commandos have been awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for their heroism, according to Bauernfeind. Lackey also received a DFC in 2002.

Major Katie Lunning, who resides in Urbandale, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross following her acts of heroism in Afghanistan. She is the second nurse to ever be presented with the medal.

O n Dec. 7, 2024, at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tennessee, 11 members of the 134th Air Refueling Wing received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for their bravery during the aerial ...

A U.S. Air Force crew that evacuated refugees from Afghanistan last year will be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for helping deliver a baby during one such flight.

Twice."'Due to insufficient evidence, the board recommends denial of the Distinguished Flying Cross,'" Luke reads from the rejection documents.But the Arrowoods fight on."I think the fact that ...

Distinguished Flying Cross recipients from the 6th Air Refueling Wing pose for a photo following a ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 23, 2025.

Eleven Airmen from the 134th Air Refueling Wing stand before receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville on Dec. 7, 2024.