The new medal will be available in April for airmen who have “directly participated in active combat” in the air or on the ground since Sept. 11, 2001, the Air Force announced Friday ...

The Air Force did not specify the location of the operation. For their quick-thinking maneuver to evacuate the area, the airmen were recently awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal, according ...

The medal is awarded to U.S. military personnel who actively participated in either air or ground combat while operating in an unsecured space, according to the Air Force. Nearly getting hit by an ...

Air Force Combat Action Medal. One of the newer military medals, the Air Force Combat Action Medal was first authorized in 2007. It is issued to members of the Air Force who risk their lives in ...

Air Force Maj. Steven Raspet, a Fountain Valley High graduate, was the first ever to be pinned with the Air Force Combat Action Medal for leading a mission to aid a convoy under attack during his ...

Remote Combat Effects Campaign Medal (U.S. Air Force graphic/Staff Sgt. Sahara Fales) Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk Published October 29, 2019 ...

Five airmen have received Combat Action Medals after their C-130 cargo plane narrowly avoided being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by militants last fall, the Air Force said. The ...

Chapman, a combat controller, will be the 19th airman awarded the Medal of Honor since the Air Force was established in 1947. He will be the first airman recognized with the medal for heroic ...