Mackay Trophy

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The Mackay Trophy on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

The Mackay Trophy was donated in 1911 by Clarence H. Mackay who was then head of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company and the Commercial Cable Company. The award is administered by the United States National Aeronautic Association and is awarded yearly by the United States Air Force for the "most meritorious flight of the year" by an Air Force person, persons, or organization.

1 Awardees
- 1.1 20th Century
- 1.2 21st Century
2 External links

[edit] Awardees

[edit] 20th Century

Year	Awardee	Reason
1912	Henry H. Arnold
1913	Joseph E. Carberry Fred Seydel
1914	Townsend F. Dodd S. W. Fitzgerald
1915	B.Q. Jones	Duration record
1916-1917	no award
1918	Eddie Rickenbacker	highest scoring ace of WWI
1919	Lowell Smith et al	circumnavigation of the globe
1920	St. Clair Streett et al
1921	John A. Macready	altitude record
1922	John A. Macready Oakley G. Kelly	duration record
1923	John A. Macready Oakley G. Kelly	non-stop transcontinental flight
1924	Lowell H. Smith Leslie P. Arnold Leigh Wade Eric H. Nelson Henry H. Ogden	first round-the-world flight
1925	James H. Doolittle Cyrus K. Bettis	For winning the Schneider and Pulitzer Races
1926	Herbert A. Dargue Ira C. Eaker Arthur B. McDaniel C. F. Woolsey J. W. Benton Charles McRobinson Muir S. Fairchild Bernard S. Thompson Leonard D. Weddingon Ennis C. Whitehead	Pan-American Good Will Flyers
1927	Albert F. Hegenberger Lester J. Maitland	Hawaiian flight
1928	Harry A. Sutton	spin testing aircraft
1929	A. W. Steven	long range aerial photography
1930	Ralph Royce	Test flights in extreme cold
1931	Benjamin D. Foulois	commanded unit which suffered no loss of life in 40,000 hours of flying time
1932	11th Bombardment Squadron, March Field	relief missions to snowbound Navajo and Hopi
1933	Capt. Westside T. Larson	For his pioneering flights in connection with the development of methods and procedure of Aerial Frontier Defense
1934	Brig. Gen. Henry H. Arnold	Commanding officer of flight of 10 Martin B-10s from Bolling Air Force Base to Fairbanks, Alaska.
1935	A. W. Stevens O. A. Anderson	Flew balloon to 72,395--a then-record.
1936	Capt. Richard E. Nugent 1st Lt. Joseph A. Miller 1st Lt. Edwin G. Simenson 2nd Lt. William P. Ragsdale, Jr. 2nd Lt. Burton W. Armstrong 2nd Lt. Herbert Morgan, Jr. Tech Sgt. Gilbert W. Olson Staff Sgt. Howard M. Miller Cpl. Air Mechanic 2/c Frank B. Connor	For demonstration of expert instrument flying and navigation, and the will to overcome obstacles to accomplish their mission under exceptionally adverse weather conditions during a flight of three B-10 s from Langley Air Force Base to Allegan, MI.
1937	Capt. Carl J. Crane George V. Holloman	For successful development and demonstration of an automatic landing system.
1938	2nd Bombardment Group Lt Col Robert Olds	For good will flight to Buenos Aires and return
1939	Maj Caleb V. Haynes Maj William D. Old Capt John A. Samford 1st Lt. Richard S. Freeman 1st Lt. Torgils G. Wold Tech Sgt. William J. Heldt Tech Sgt Henry L. Hines Tech Sgt David L. Spicer Staff Sgt Russell E. Junior Staff Sgt James E. Sands M/Sgt Adolph Cattarius	For flight of Boeing XB-15 from Langley Air Force Base to Chile on relief mission after 1939 Chillán earthquake
1947	Capt. Chuck Yeager	First to break the sound barrier
1948	Lt. Col Emil Beadry	For the rescue of twelve marooned airmen from the Greenland ice sheet
1949	Capt. James G. Gallagher	First non-stop aerial circumnavigation.
1950	27th Fighter Wing	For moving 180 fighter jets across the Atlantic Ocean.
1951	Col Fred Ascani	For breaking the speed record at 635.686 mph
1952	Maj Louis H. Carrington, Jr. Maj Frederick W. Shook Capt. Wallace D. Yancey	First non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean in a B-45 Tornado.
1953	40th Air Division	For flying 25 F-84 Thunderjets non-stop from the United States to Europe and North Africa under adverse conditions.
1954	308th Bombardment Wing	For successfully completing a leap from intercontinental maneuver, a milestone in expanding and proving the combined operational capabilities of the B-47 Stratojet and in determining fatigue limits of combat crews.
1955	Col Horace A. Hanes	Breaking the flight airspeed record at 822.1 mph in an F-100 Super Sabre
1956	Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe	Breaking the flight altitude record in a Bell X-2
1957	93rd Bombardment Wing	For non-stop circumnavigation by three B-52 Stratofortresses
1958	Tactical Air Command’s Air Strike Force, X-Ray Tango	For its rapid and effective deployment to the troubled Far East during the fall of 1958.
1959	U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds	For goodwill tour of the Far East.
1960	6593rd Test Squadron	For its first aerial recovery of an object from space orbit.
1961	Lt Col William R. Payne Maj William L. Polthemus Maj Raymond R. Wagener	For their nonstop flight from Carswell Air Force Base to Paris, which culminated in the establishment of two international speed records.
1962	Maj Robert G. Sowers Capt Robert MacDonald Capt John T. Walton	For flight as members of a B-58 Hustler crew which established three transcontinental speed records.
1963	Capt. Warren P. Tomsett Capt John R. Ordemann Capt Donald R. Mack Tech Sgt Edson P. Inlow Staff Sgt Jack E. Morgan Staff Sgt Frank C. Barrett	For the evacuation of wounded troops in Vietnam at night under enemy fire with a C-47 Skytrain.
1964	464th Troop Carrier Wing	For its participation in the humanitarian airlift of some 1,500 hostages and refugees from rebel held territory in the Republic of the Congo during November 1964.
1965	Col Robert L. Stephens Lt Col Daniel Andre Lt Col Walter F. Daniel Maj Noel T. Warner Maj James P. Cooney	For flight in the Lockheed YF-12, which culminated in the establishment of nine new world speed and altitude records.
1966	Lt. Col Albert R. Howarth	For his exemplary courage and airmanship as a pilot in a combat strike mission in southeast Asia under hazardous conditions of darkness and intense enemy fire.
1967	Maj John J. Casteel Capt Dean L. Hoar Capt Richard L. Trail MSgt Nathan C. Campbell	For performing the first multiple aerial refueling between a KC-135 Stratotanker and an A-3 Skywarrior which simultaneously refueled an F-8 Crusader under emergency fuel shortages and combat condition.
1968	Lt Col Daryl D. Cole	For gallantry as a C-130 Hercules pilot in the emergency evacuation of personnel in Vietnam.
1969	49th Fighter Wing	For a flawless deployment of 72 F-4 Phantom IIs from Spangdahlem Air Base to Holloman Air Force Base without a single abort, completing 504 successful air-to-air refuelings on the 5,000 mile trip.
1972	Charles B. DeBellevue, Jeffrey S. Feinstein and R. Stephen Ritchie	For their extraordinary gallantry, superb airmanship, and intrepidity in the face of the enemy. (They were the three USAF "Aces" from the Vietnam War.)
1991	Crew of Moccasin-05 Capt Tom Trask Maj Mike Homan MSgt Timothy Hadrych TSgt Gregory Vanhyning TSgt James A. Peterson, Jr SSgt Craig Dock Sgt Thomas Bedard	For extraordinary heroism and self-sacrifice of the crew during the rescue of the pilot of Slate 46, a downed Navy F-14 Tomcat in Iraq during Operation DESERT STORM.
1997	Crew of Whisk-05 Lt Col Frank J. Kisner Maj (Dr.) Robert S. Michaelson Capt John C. Baker Capt Reed Foster Capt Mark J. Ramsey Capt Robert P. Toth MSgt Gordon H. Scott TSgt Tom L. Baker SSgt John D. Hensdill SSgt Jeffrey A. Hoyt	For overcoming hostile gunfire, three heavyweight air refuelings, and over 13 hours flying 3,179 nautical miles (5,888 km) to their objective to insert a European survey and assessment team and extract 56 people from the escalating Republic of the Congo Civil War, achieving this goal while on the ground for less than 23 minutes.

[edit] 21st Century

Year	Awardee	Reason
2003	Crew of Vijay 10 Lt Col Shane Hershman, 7th AS Maj Bob Colvin, 8th AS 1Lt Matt Clausen, 4th AS MSgt Shawn Brumfield, 62nd OG MSgt Chris Dockery, 7th AS	Vijay 10 was the lead C-17A Globemaster III in a formation of C-17s from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings, McChord AFB, WA. Vijay 10's crew led the largest combat airdrop since WW II. On March 26, 2003, Vijay 10 led an airdrop of 1,000 US Army soldiers over Bashur, Iraq which opened the northern front to combat operations. After the initial insertion, Vijay 10 crewmembers, along with active and reserve crews from Charleston and McChord AFBs flew four more night missions.
2006	Capt Scott Markle	A-10 flight over Afghanistan [1]