2016 AFA Aerospace Award winners named

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  • By Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons
  • Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs

The Air Force Association awards committee recently announced their selections for the 2016 National Aerospace and Specialty Award winners.

The specific categories and respective winners are as follows:

 

David C. Schilling Award for most outstanding contribution to national defense in the field of manned flight.

 

- 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina

 

Theodore Von Karman Award for most outstanding performance in the field of science and engineering.

 

- Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado

 

Citation of Honor for most outstanding contribution by an individual or organization to the development of aerospace power for the betterment of mankind.

 

- 19th Space Operations Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado

- 24th Expeditionary Field Investigations Squadron, Al Udeid, Qatar

- Maj. Michael C. Pochet, Air Force District of Washington, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

 

AFA is the sponsor for these awards and will present them to the final winners during their Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition 2016 later this month.

 

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