Cheney Award
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The Cheney Award is presented each year in memory of 1st Lt. William Cheney, who was killed in an air collision over Italy in 1918. It was established in 1927 and awarded to an airman for an act of valor, extreme fortitude or self-sacrifice in a humanitarian interest, performed in connection with aircraft, but not necessarily of a military nature.
[edit] Past winners
- 2004 Maj. John Groves[1]
- 2003 Randell Voas and Craig Prather
- 2002 Kevin Churchill and Sean LeRoy
- 2001 Tech. Sgt. Thomas Fields [2]
- 2000 Tech. Sgt. Jeanne M. Vogt
- 1975 Colonel (then-1LT) Regina Aune (first woman to win the Cheney trophy)
- 1968 Thomas Newman
- 1967 Duane Hackney
- 1962 Maj. Rudolph Anderson, Jr.
- 1956 Colonel Daniel J. Miller
- 1954 John Stapp
- 1948 Colonel Gail S. Halvorsen
- 1929 William Albert Matheny [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Buzanowski, Senior Airman J.G.. "Helicopter pilot is Cheney Award recipient", Air Force Print News, October 13, 2002.
- ^ Tull, Master Sgt. Ro. "Lifesaving loadmaster receives award", Air Force Print News, August 30, 2002.
- ^ "Biography Brigadier General William A. Matheny", United States Air Force.
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