Recipients of the Air Force Cross

The Air Force Cross is the Air Force's second highest. Only the Medal of Honor ranks higher in order of precedence. Established in 1960 by the U.S. Congress, prior to the authorization of the award airmen from previous wars were awarded the Army's Distinguished Service Cross. The Air Force Cross is:

Awarded to U.S. and Foreign military personnel and civilians who have displayed extraordinary heroism in one of the following situations:

While engaged in action against an enemy of the United States,
While engaged in military operations involving conflict with a foreign force, or
While serving with a friendly nation engaged in armed conflict against a force in which the United States is not a belligerent party.

World War II (2 Awards)

Cold War (1 Award)

Vietnam War (180 Awards)

Awards 1975 - 2001 (7 Awards)

Awards in the Global War on Terrorism (2 Awards)

We believe this list comprises ALL recipients of the Air Force in history.

World War II

Drew, Urban L

* Posthumous Award or KIA
** Posthumous Award (MIA)
# Former Prisoner of War

Sloan, William J.

Cold War (Cuba)

*Anderson, Rudolph

Vietnam War

Adams, Victor R.

Gamlin, Theodore R.

Nagel, Richard A., Jr.

**Allee, Richard Kenneth

Gibson, James K.

Newman, Thomas A.

Allison, John V.

Gilroy, Kevin A.

Norris, William C.

Armstrong, Larry D.

Gonzales, Leonard A.

O’Mara, Oliver E.

*#Atterberry, Edwin Lee

Green, Joe B.

Olds, Robin

Baer, Allan R.

Griggs, Jerry M.

Olsen, Don P.

*Baldwin, Robert Lanoue

Gruver, John C.

Orrell, Bennie D.

Beale, Robert S.

#Guarino, Lawrence N.

Parr, Ralph S. (DSC Korea)

#Black, Arthur N.

Gustafson, Gerald C.

Personett, Joseph A.

Bode, John R.

#Guy, Theodore W.

**Peterson, Delbert Ray

#Boyd, Charles G.

Hackney, Duane D.

**Pogreba, Dean Andrew

Boyd, William, Jr.

Hackney, Hunter F.

Poling, Richard L.

Brickel, James R.

Hall, James H.

Price, Donald S.

*Britt, Aquilla Friend

**Hamilton, John Smith

Richardson, Dennis M.

Britton, Warner A.

Harding, James C.

*Richter, Karl Wendell

Broughton, Jacksel M.

Harp, Tilford W.

#Risner, Robinson (OLC)

**Brower, Ralph Wayne

Henning, Hal P.

Ritchie, Richard S.

*Bucher, Bernard Ludwig

**Hickman, Vincent Joseph

#Robinson, William A.

#Burroughs, William D.

Hoblit, Jerry N.

Robinson, William P.

Caldwell, William R.

Hoggatt, Ralph S.

**Ronca, Robert Francis

Campbell, Jesse W.

**Holland, Lawrence Thomas

Rowan, John M,

Campbell, Thomas A.

Hopkin’s, James R.

**Schaneberg, Leroy Clyde

**Carroll, John Leonard

#Horinek, Ramon A.

*#Schmidt, Norman

Carter, William R.

Hudson, Jackson L.

Schurr, Harry W.

#Cherry, Fred V.

Hunt, Russell M.

*Scott, Travis Henry, Jr.

Clarke, Colin A.

Jeannotte, Alfred J., Jr.

*Sellers, Jerry Alan

**Clay, Eugene Lunsford

#Johnson, Harold E.

Sellers, Kenneth H.

*#Cobeil, Earl Glenn

Kalen, Herbert D.

Shannon, Fred

**Cody, Howard Rudolph

#Kasler, James H. (2 OLC)

Shaub, Charles L.

**Collins, Willard Marion

Kennedy, Leland T. (OLC)

Smith, Donald G.

**Conley, Eugene Ogden

Kent, Nacey, Jr.

Smith, Robert W.

Conran, Philip J.

**Killian, Melvin Joseph

Smith, Ronald E.

**Cooper, William Earl

**King, Charles Douglas

Smith, Rowland F., Jr.

Corder, John A.

#Kirk, Thomas H., Jr.

Smith, Weston T.

**Courtney, Terence Francis

**Knight, Roy Abner, Jr.

Stevens, Donald D.

#Curtis, Thomas J.

Koeltzow, Paul F.

Stocks, Bruce D.

Dallman, Howard M.

Lackey, John E.

*#Storz, Ronald Edward

#Day, George E. (MOH)

**Leetun, Darel Dean

Stovall, Dale E.

Dayton, Thomas E.

**Lielmanis, Atis Karlis

Talley, Joel E.

DeBellvue, Charles B.

*Lukasik, Bernard Francis

Titus, Robert F.

DeTar, Dean E.

Madden,Joseph B.

#Trautman, Konrad W.

Donelson, Nicholas J.

*Maisey, Reginald Victor, Jr.

Traynor, Dennis W., III

Donohue, Frederic M.

*#Martin, Duane Whitney

Tsouprake, Peter

Dorsett, Tracey K., Jr.

**Martin, William Reynolds

Turner, Robert E.

**Draeger, Walter Frank, Jr.

Marx, Donald L.

**Weatherby, Jack Wilton

#Dramesi, John A. (OLC)

Mason, Larry B.

#Wells, Norman L.

*Engle, Charles Edwin

**Maysey, Larry Wayne

Whatley, Wayne N.

Eppinger, Dale L.

Maywald, Phillip V.

#White, Robert M. (POW-WWII)

*Etchberger, Richard Loy

*McAllister, William Walte

**Whitesides, Richard Lebrou

Etzel, Gregory A. M.

McCarthy, James R.

**Wilke, Robert Frederick

Feinstein, Jeffrey S.

McGrath, Charles D.

Williams, David H.

Feuerriegel, Karl T.

McInerney, James E., Jr.

Wofford, Travis

Finck, George C.

#McKnight, George G.

**Wood, Patrick Hardy

Firse, John A.

McTasney, John B.

Worrell, Rowland H., III

Fish, Michael E.

Mehr, Richard L.

Wright, Garth A.

Fleener, Delbert W.

**Mitchell, Carl Berg

Wright, LeRoy

#Flynn, John P.

Mize, John D.

York, Glen P.

Francisco, Michael C.

*Mongillo, Paul John

Funderburk, Leonard J.

**Moorberg, Monte Larue

*NOTE: The AFC originally awarded Airman 1/c William Pitsenbarger was upgraded to the Medal of Honor on Dec 8, 2000.

Mayaguez Incident

Backlund, Donald R.

Brims, Richard C.

Harston, Jon D.

Purser, Rowland W.

Desert Storm

#Andrews, Bill

Johnson, Paul

Somalia

Wilkinson, Timothy A.

Afghanistan

*Cunningham, Jason Dean

*Chapman, John

*Indicates Posthumous Awards (Also includes recipients KIA after their AFC Award)
**Indicates Missing In Action
# Indicates Prisoner of War Status

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