His mission remained classified for years after the war, so he did not pin on his Purple Heart until Jan. 25. "War is not like what you see in the movies," Campbell told Air Force Times in a Jan ...

World War II Air Force veteran Richard Olson didn't receive a Purple Heart during his lifetime, despite the back injury he sustained while bailing out of a B-24 Liberator plane in 1944.

U.S. Air Force Colonel Jeremy Bergin, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, presents the Purple Heart to U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Cory Engberg, 43d Intelligence Squadron Silent Shield ...

A staff sergeant attending Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base is being investigated for allegedly claiming he received the Purple Heart. His commissioning is now on hold, according ...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Peter King posthumously presented military awards, including the Purple Heart, to the family of an Air Force radio operator and tailgunner killed in action during ...

Three Air Force Special Operations Command combat controllers were recognized for actions in deployed locations during a medals ceremony. Airmen Earn Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart ...

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced Monday that Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone will be awarded a Purple Heart for wounds he suffered while subduing a gunman who opened fire on a Paris ...

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Franklin Wetmore was awarded the Purple Heart medal during a ceremony at the Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Georgia, on Sep. 13, 2020.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone meets Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Easton, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, upon his arrival to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 24. 2015.

The claim read like countless Veterans Affairs claims and Purple Heart awards. In 2014, Air Force Veteran Bryan Paul Winquist, now 39, submitted paperwork to the VA seeking compensation related to ...