Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 14 years after an Air Force Osprey crashed near Qalat, Afghanistan, due to a mechanical issue, two airmen who died in the ...

Six pilots who took on Iran's air defense network during last year's strikes received one of the military's highest combat ...

The six pilots were awarded the DFC for their actions during Operation Midnight Hammer in June 2025—during which multiple ...

The commander of Air Force Special Operations Command has posthumously presented Distinguished Flying Cross medals to two air commandos 14 years after they were killed in a CV-22 Osprey crash on April ...

Air Force Maj. Randell Voas and Senior Master Sgt. JB Lackey gave their lives to save as many people aboard their CV-22B Osprey as possible. Because of their sacrifice, 16 of the 20 people aboard the ...

The fighter jets from the 55th Fighter Squadron engaged in “direct combat" during Operation Midnight Hammer in 2025.

MARIETTA — A Cobb Air Force major was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross medal Saturday for his heroic efforts in a rescue mission during the Afghanistan evacuation in 2021.

Airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., finally received the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal for heroic actions in the Middle East last year. During a ceremony on Jan.