AFA names 2014 National Aerospace and Specialty Award winners

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  • By Janis El Shabazz
  • Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas --  Air Force Association officials have named the 2014 National Aerospace and Specialty Award winners.

The specific categories and winners are as follows:

David C. Schilling Award - most outstanding contribution to national defense in the field of manned flight:
-319th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Theodore Von Karman Award - most outstanding contribution in the field of science and engineering:
-Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Team, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts

Gill Robb Wilson Award - most outstanding contribution in the field of arts and letters:
-Maj. Bandon J. Lingle, Travis AFB, California

Citation of Honor - most outstanding contribution by an individual or organization to the development of aerospace power for the betterment of mankind:
-3rd Special Operations Squadron, Cannon AFB, New Mexico
-5th Combat Communications Group, Robins AFB, Georgia
-849th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Holloman AFB, New Mexico
-962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron, Joint-Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
-Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System Directorate, Hill AFB, Utah

For more information on Air Force recognition program and other personnel issues, visit the myPers website at https://mypers.af.mil.

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