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Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Chapman, a combat controller, will be the 19th Airman awarded the Medal of Honor since the Department of the Air Force was established in 1947. He will be the first Airman recognized with the medal for heroic actions occurring after the Vietnam War.


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Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Chapman, a combat controller, will be the 19th Airman awarded the Medal of Honor since the Department of the Air Force was established in 1947. He will be the first Airman recognized with the medal for heroic actions occurring after the Vietnam War.

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Gen. Raymond A. Thomas, III, left, U.S. Special Operations Command commander, and Maj. Gen. Richard S. "Beef" Haddad, Air Force Reserve Command vice commander, unveil a painting honoring Citizen Airmen manning the 40mm Bofors gun aboard an AC-130 gunship during a mission over the "Highway of Death" in Kuwait during Desert Storm. The painting by Maj. Warren Neary (far right), was accepted by Thomas, U.S. Special Operations Command commander, during a special ceremony at USSOCOM headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, May 23, commemorating the 25th anniversary of Desert Storm. Haddad was an AC-130 gunship pilot with the Air Force Reserve's 919th Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, Florida, during Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Chad Gibson)
Staff Sgt. Leland Hastings, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, controls the Raven-B, a four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system, via remote control at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 4. The 919th SOSFS brought the UAS to demonstrate its capabilities to other security forces units involved in a large field training exercise at the camp. The Raven-B has the ability to take photos, video in day or night, and even designate locations via an IR laser. It also provides coordinates, magnetic azimuths, and linear distances creating a birds-eye view to topographical map. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)
Staff Sgt. Leland Hastings, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, monitors the Raven-B, a four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system, through a laptop computer at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 4. The 919th SOSFS brought the UAS to demonstrate its capabilities to other security forces units involved in a large field training exercise at the camp. The Raven-B has the ability to take photos, video in day or night, and even designate locations via an IR laser. It also provides coordinates, magnetic azimuths, and linear distances creating a birds-eye view to topographical map. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)
Staff Sgt. Leland Hastings, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, launches Raven-B, a four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system, into the skies above Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 4. The 919th SOSFS brought the UAS to demonstrate its capabilities to other security forces units involved in a large field training exercise at the camp. The Raven-B has the ability to take photos, video in day or night, and even designate locations via an IR laser. It also provides coordinates, magnetic azimuths, and linear distances creating a birds-eye view to topographical map. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)
Staff Sgt. Leland Hastings, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, launches Raven-B, a four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system, into the skies above Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 4. The 919th SOSFS brought the UAS to demonstrate its capabilities to other security forces units involved in a large field training exercise at the camp. The Raven-B has the ability to take photos, video in day or night, and even designate locations via an IR laser. It also provides coordinates, magnetic azimuths, and linear distances creating a birds-eye view to topographical map. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)
Staff Sgt. Leland Hastings, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, prepares to launch the Raven-B, a four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system, into the skies above Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 4. The 919th SOSFS brought the UAS to demonstrate its capabilities to other security forces units involved in a large field training exercise at the camp. The Raven-B has the ability to take photos, video in day or night, and even designate locations via an IR laser. It also provides coordinates, magnetic azimuths, and linear distances creating a birds-eye view to topographical map. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)
Master Sgt. Delorean Sheridan, 21st Special Tactics Squadron combat controller, describes traits that epitomize Staff Sgt. Forrest Sibley with members of the 21st STS and the special operations community in a memorial service at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Sept. 3, 2015. Sibley, 31, was killed at a vehicle checkpoint near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. He was a combat controller at the 21st STS and deployed in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. James R. Wilson/Released)
Maj. Stewart Parker, 21st Special Tactics Squadron commander, shares some of his fondest memories of Staff Sgt. Forrest Sibley with members of the 21st STS and the special operations community in a memorial service at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Sept. 3, 2015. Sibley, 31, was killed at a vehicle checkpoint near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. He was a combat controller at the 21st STS and deployed in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. James R. Wilson/Released)
Family members and teammates from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron and throughout the special operations community listen as Maj. Stewart Parker, 21st STS commander, remembers Staff Sgt. Forrest Sibley in a memorial service at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Sept. 3, 2015. Sibley, 31, was killed at a vehicle checkpoint near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. He was a combat controller at the 21st STS and deployed in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. James R. Wilson/Released)
Staff Sgt. Christopher Smith, 21st Special Tactics Squadron combat controller, describes his teammate and best friend, Staff Sgt. Forrest Sibley, to more than 300 people who gathered at a memorial service to honor the fallen servicemember Sept. 3, 2015 at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Sibley, 31, was killed at a vehicle checkpoint near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. He was a combat controller at the 21st STS and deployed in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. James R. Wilson/Released)
Senior Airman Aaron Bradley, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, looks out over the vast landscape during the squadron’s annual training at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 3. More than 20 Airmen went out West to help train two other Reserve security forces squadrons in ground combat and field training. The 919th SOSFS Airmen lived in the makeshift camps and acted as opposing forces and local villagers interacting with the occupying security teams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)
Senior Airman Pete McNair leads a 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron fire team into a building during the squadron’s annual training at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 3. More than 20 Airmen went out West to help train two other Reserve security forces squadrons in ground combat and field training. The 919th SOSFS Airmen lived in the makeshift camps and acted as opposing forces and local villagers interacting with the occupying security teams. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Sam King)

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