RAF Lakenheath airman honoured...

[Rhino power]

Very well deserved...
Hero airman from RAF Lakenheath honoured for saving three men after a Greek F-16 jet crashed at a Spanish airbase - News - East Anglian Daily Times (http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/hero_airman_from_raf_lakenheath_honoured_for_saving_three_me n_after_a_greek_f_16_jet_crashed_at_a_spanish_airbase_1_3992 795)

-RP

[NutLoose]

Good on him, I wasn't aware of the award and it does not exactly sound very impressive, but looking it appears to be the none combat equivalent of the Bronze Star...

:D:D:D

Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military#By_orde r_of_precedence)

[Bob Viking]

From the sounds of the description of the events I'd say he deserves even higher recognition. I am not fully au fait with US awards but looking through the link provided by Nutloose I wonder why he wasn't awarded something even more substantial.
Good on him regardless and a very well deserved award.
BV:ok:

[glad rag]

Going back into an inferno, not once but twice..I am humbled to read of his bravery.

[MPN11]

Airman's Medal ranks pretty high in the listing.

Amidst all the technicolour chest-fest it might not have the prominence of UK awards, but his peers would know what he earned.
Outstanding work, that man :ok:

Compare and contrast with the Bronze Star [Medal :rolleyes:] which, without the 'V' insignia, could be awarded to a jolly good chap in the Ops Room far away from the fighting for being 'meritorious'. There are bits of the US Awards system that really do my head in some times.

[downsizer]

He'd have probably been CM'd if he was RAF for not completing the risk assessment paperwork, fitness test, IM passport, responsible for for information e-learning pack, human factors training, CCS, got 2* approval, and booked his own medical appointment 3 weeks in advance of his heroic efforts. :ooh:

Well done that man.:ok:

[JointShiteFighter]

Fair play to him!

[charliegolf]

Third in precedence in Air Force medals; and a decoration rather than an award. Another bloke whose Mammy is going to give him a right bollocking for being silly when she has warned him about it before! Well done.

CG

[NutLoose]

One wonders if the French will honour him too

[ORAC]

US airman who dragged three people to safety from burning wreckage of plane to get Airman?s Medal for heroic act - News - Wisbech Standard (http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/us_airman_who_dragged_three_people_to_safety_from_burning_wr eckage_of_plane_to_get_airman_s_medal_for_heroic_act_1_39926 01)

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/polopoly_fs/1.3992705.1426248588!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/image.jpg