Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 News
    
        Photos

    Week in Photos

    Air Force TV

    Commentaries

    Features

    Art

    About Us
    
        Air Force Senior Leaders
    
        SECAF

    CSAF

    CMSAF

    Biographies

    Fact Sheets

    SECAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library
    
        CSAF Leadership Library 2022

    CSAF Leadership Library 2021

    CSAF Reading List Pre-2020 Archive
    
        2018 CSAF Reading List

    2017 CSAF Reading List

    2016 CSAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library 2023

    CMSAF Leadership Library

    50 Years of the CMSAF

    Adjunct Professors

    Air Force Strategic Documents

    Arctic Strategy

    Empowered Airmen

    State Licensure Portability

    Careers

    AF Federal Advisory Committees

    AF 75th Anniversary

    Policy Updates

    AF Content Management

    Contact Us

    AF Sites
    
        Site RegistrationU.S. Air Force LogoAir Force

        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders

    HomeNewsPhotos   Planes over water
        
            AIR FORCE PHOTOS
   SecAF awards Air Force Cross, 10 medals to Air Commandos
                Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson applauds four members of Spooky 43, an AC-130U Spooky Gunship aircrew assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron, after presenting them Air Medals with valor, Oct. 17, 2017, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Wilson awarded ten Air Force Special Operations Command air commandos valorous medals, including the Air Force Cross, for their combined efforts during a fierce firefight in a village near Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2016. Staff Sgt. Richard Hunter, a combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the Air Force Cross and nine aircrew members on Spooky 43, a 4th Special Operations Squadron AC-130U Gunship, received Distinguished Flying Crosses and Air Medals with valor. Their actions on the ground, and in the air, were credited with saving more than 50 lives and eliminating 27 enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

                PHOTO BY:
                        Senior Airman Ryan Conroy
                    VIRIN:
                        171017-F-BH566-1026.JPG
                    FULL SIZE:
                        1.88 MB
                Download
                    Share

                Additional Details

                        CAMERA
                                    N/A
                                    LENS
                                    N/A
                                    APERTURE
                                    N/A
                                SHUTTERSPEED
                                    N/A
                                    ISO
                                    N/A
                            No camera details available.

                        IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN
                                Read More
                                This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release.
                                    If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit.
                                    Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other
                                    DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at
                                    https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations,
                                    which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and
                                    trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings
                                    regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.
            Go to Gallery























    

    

    
Quick Links
AccessibilityContact UsEqual OpportunityFOIA | Privacy | Section 508Information QualityInspector GeneralJAG Court-Martial DocketLink DisclaimerNo FEAR ActOpen GovernmentOSI Tip LinePlain LanguageQuestionsResilienceRSSSite MapVeterans Crisis LineCareers
Join the Air ForceAir Force BenefitsAir Force CareersAir Force ReserveAir National GuardCivilian ServiceConnect
            Get Social with Us
            
            Official United States Air Force Website
    Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil