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Aviation award presented by the US Air Force
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen.
Duncan J. McNabb presents Maj. Bradley Downs USAF with the Cheney Award in 2007
The Cheney Award is an
aviation
award presented by the
United States Air Force in memory of 1st Lt. William H. Cheney, who was killed in an
air collision over
Foggia ,
Italy on January 20, 1918. It was established in 1927, and is awarded to an
airman for an act of valor, extreme fortitude or self-sacrifice in a humanitarian interest, performed in connection with aircraft, but not necessarily of a military nature.
Past Awardees
1927 MSgt Harry A. Chapman - First Recipient of the award for actions at the
Roma airship crash
1928 2Lt
Uzal Girard Ent
1929
William Albert Matheny
[1]
1930 No Award
1931 Lt R.D. Moor and Pvt J.B. Smith
1932 Pfc Arden M. Farley
1933 2Lt William L. Bogen, SSgt Doy D. Dodd, Sgt Thomas J. Rogers
1935 1Lt Robert K. Giovannoli
1936 Maj Frederick D. Lynch, SSgt Joseph L. Murray
1939 1Lt Harold L. Neely
1946 Sgt Larry Lambert - first live subject of a US ejector seat
[2]
1948 Col
Gail S. Halvorsen
1949 Capt. William E. Blair
1950 Sgt. Paul Prosper Ramoneda
1951 Capt.
Daniel J. Miller
1952 Capt. Kendrick U. Reeves
1953 Capt. Edward G. Sperry
1954 Col.
John Stapp
1955 William Sutherland
1956 MSgt. Leonard J. Bachetti
1957 First Lieutenant Robert M. Kerr
1959 Capt Herbert L. Mattox, Jr
1960 Capt Alfred S. Despres Jr
1961 1Lt William A. Luther and MSgt Lawrence G. Seckley
1962 Maj.
Rudolf Anderson, Jr
1965 Capt James A Darden, Jr and Capt Robert S Henderson
1967 A1C
Duane Hackney
1968 Sgt Thomas Newman
1969 Sgt Isidro Arroyo Jr
1970 Maj Travis Wofford
1974 Capt
Steven L. Bennett
1975
1LT Regina Aune (First woman to win the Cheney trophy)
[3]
1977 SSgt James T. Carter
1979 Capt Kenneth R. Rees and TSgt John L. Pighini
1980 Capt Ronald W. Summers and 1Lt Kim F.P. Skrinak
1981 TSgt David J. Gerke and TSgt Tommie C. Wood
1982 Capt. Greg Engelbreit and Capt. Fred Wilson
1983 SSgt Jeffrey Yates Jones (posthumous)
1984 Captain John C. Ritchie
1985 Major Larry Clemons
1986 Capt Scott A. Chavez
1988 TSGT William A Wray
1990 Capt John M. Roush
1992 Major Richard Brian Mcnabb and Major Stephen J. Laushine
[4]
1993 John L. Brainerd
1994 SrA Matthew A. Wells and SrA Jesse W. Goerz
1995 Capt. Charles M. Moncrief and Capt. Charles M. Harmon
1996
Major Marshall B. "Brad" Webb
2000 TSgt. Jeanne M. Vogt (First enlisted woman to be awarded the Cheney Award)
2001 TSgt. Thomas Fields
[5]
2002 Majl Kevin Churchill and Capt. Sean LeRoy
2003 1Lt. Randell Voas and 1Lt. Craig Prather
2004 Maj. John Groves
[6]
2005 SSgt Patrick Mortell
2007 Maj. Brad Downs and Maj Dan Roesch
[7]
2008 Capt. Chad Bubanas
[8]
2009 Maj. John G. Mangan
2010 Maj. John Foy and Capt. Patrick Markey
2011 Capt. Kenneth Green and Master Sgt. Joseph Brownell
2012 Capt. Thaddeus L Ronnau, Lt Pace Stead, SSgt Michael Brooks, SrA Jay Bossy
2013 MSgt William T. Fritsch
2015 Capt. Melonie Parmley and SSgt Eric McElroy
2016 MSgt Christian M. Egger
2018 Maj. Kyle T. Waite
See also
References