Cheney Award

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Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Duncan J. McNabb presents Maj. Bradley Downs USAF with the Cheney Award in 2007 Cheney Award, 2007.jpg
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.

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