The Cheney Award is an

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presented by the

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in memory of 1st Lt. William H. Cheney, who was killed in an air collision over

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on January 20, 1918. It was established in 1927, and is awarded to an

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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

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*1929 William Albert Matheny *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 *1948 Col Gail S. Halvorsen *1949 Capt. William E. Blair *1950 Sgt. Paul Prosper Ramoneda *1951 Capt.

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*1952 Capt. Kendrick U. Reeves *1953 Capt. Edward G. Sperry *1954 Col.

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*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) *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 *1992 Major Richard Brian Mcnabb and Major Stephen J. Laushine *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 *2002 Majl Kevin Churchill and Capt. Sean LeRoy *2003 1Lt. Randell Voas and 1Lt. Craig Prather *2004 Maj. John Groves *2005 SSgt Patrick Mortell *2007 Maj. Brad Downs and Maj Dan Roesch *2008 Capt. Chad BubanasGunship commander receives Cheney Award
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References

{{Reflist Aviation awards Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force Awards established in 1927 1927 establishments in the United States

Past Awardees

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