Armed Forces News

The Air Force Special Operations Command is recommending that an Air Force Cross awarded to an airman be upgraded to the Medal of Honor, Air Force Times reported Aug. 31. Seven airmen – Tech. Sgt. John Chapman, Capt. Barry Crawford Jr., Senior Airman Jason Cunningham, Tech. Sgt. Robert Gutierrez Jr., Tech. Sgt. Zachary J. Rhyner, Master Sgt. Ivan Ruiz, and Senior Airman Dustin Temple – have received the Air Force Cross since Sept. 11, 2001. Chapman and Cunningham received their medals posthumously. Temple is the most recent recipient, earning his during action in September 2014 in Afghanistan’s Helmand River Valley. Air Force officials believe one of the men deserves the upgrade, but will not identify which one.