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"He was practically Chewbacca in ‘A New Hope.'"

The crew rescued more than 150 people during the evacuation of Kabul last year

“It was a very stressful day, I could have used some Gold Bond powder.”

He used 37 radio frequencies to coordinate 21 aircraft, during a five hour battle — all while flying his own aircraft and providing close air support.

58 will receive the Silver Star, and two will receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.

“I always say gunships are a team sport; you really can’t do something like this without a great team."

'Their names [are] forever associated with courage and bravery, mission accomplishment and excellence.'

Bad. Ass.

President Donald Trump awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on Monday to two California Army National Guard aircrews who flew repeatedly into a raging wildfire in two separate endeavors to rescue hundreds of trapped campers -- despite being warned repeatedly to abort due to the dange

Two North Carolina National Guard helicopter pilots received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor last week for providing cover to Army special forces in a remote Afghanistan village in 2018

“In 10 years as a JTAC, I’d never seen any kind of fire support as responsive."

In one week of that career, naval aviator Chuck Sweeney earned three Distinguished Flying Crosses, awarded for "heroism or extraordinary achievement in aerial flight," for his actions over Vietnam.

Four Coast Guard members who faced extraordinary conditions while saving an infant, a pregnant woman and dozens more during a powerful 2017 storm have been awarded prestigious medals for their heroism

Thomas Horton flew three generations of the World War II wooden aircraft, formally titled a de Havilland DH.98, but nicknamed the Mosquito, in 111 missions over Germany.

Lieutenant John Briggs, known as JJ to his friends and family, received the Distinguished Flying Cross for acts of heroism after Cat. 4 Hurricane Harvey battered the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast regions in late August 2017

The Distinguished Flying Cross is rarely awarded, let alone awarded twice on the same day to two members of the same fighter squadron, but that's exactly what happened for two A-10 pilots who saved troops under fire in Afghanistan during missions in 2008 and 2010

A “crimped” part prevented an ejection seat from a stricken B-1B Lancer bomber from firing in May during an in-flight...

The Air Force on Friday formally recognized the actions of the B-1B Lancer bomber aircrew that saved both themselves and...

The MC-103J Commando II airplane rumbled low to the ground, nearing the intense firefight below where a team of American...