Air Medal

noun

: a U.S. military decoration awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight

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Fortson received the Air Force Achievement Medal and an Air Medal with a ‘C’ Device, indicating service or achievement performed under combat conditions. —

Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024 Getty Images/iStockphoto Knepper posthumously received a Purple Heart and an Air Medal, the site said. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 May 2024 The Air Medal is a military decoration of the U.S. Armed Forces, established by an executive order that was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 11, 1942. —

Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 28 Aug. 2023 Dietrich, who retired in 2021 as a lieutenant commander, earned a Bronze Star and an Air Medal in combat and had 1,250 hours of flight time. —

Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023 He was awarded an Air Medal for his efforts on Nov. 11, 1986, during the rescue of two people after their single-engine Cessna crashed in Lake St. Clair, Ontario, Canada. —

Staff, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2022 Previous honors: Davis has received the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart and Air Medal. —

Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023 Additionally, Brown was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. —

Dominique Barchus, Women's Health, 27 Jan. 2023 Hubbard received a second Air Medal after the rescue of five fishermen from the waters off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey on Jan. 16, 1992. —

Staff, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2022