Hurlburt Field -- Fifteen years after a 17-hour battle on an Afghan mountaintop, a pararescueman’s extraordinary heroism is recognized with an Air Force Cross, following a service wide review of medals awarded since 9/11.

Hurlburt Field - A combat controller will receive the Air Force’s highest combat medal for extraordinary heroism, after a service wide review of medals awarded since 9/11.

Hurlburt Field - Under the cover of darkness, a team of specially trained Airmen stand by a tanker aircraft in preparation for a covert refueling operation. The group waits as helicopters hover-taxi within 300 feet of one another and the tanker aircraft. Once the helicopters are in range, the awaiting Airmen rush to haul more than 760 feet of refueling hoses to the aircraft to transfer the necessary fuel needed for them to get back into the fight.

Navarre High graduate Tyler Brown is part of the United States Navy’s construction force known as the Seabees.

Hurlburt Field - A former Special Tactics combat controller responsible for saving dozens at the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia, was laid to rest recently, leaving behind a far-reaching legacy of valor, professionalism and combat success.

Southwest Asia (AFNS) -- Members of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron base security zone patrol team have a more unique mission than the average security forces Airman while on deployment at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - If they stood on the roof of the abandoned one-story home they were working out of, at night they could see bombs dropping on the city 3 kilometers north. Limited resources, limited manpower, limited backup, and limited time didn’t stop this Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team from treating more than 750 patients in eight weeks during a recent deployment to the Middle East.

Tyndall Air Force Base - The 33d Fighter Wing deployed six F-35A Lightning II and 95 personnel to Checkered Flag 17-1, here Dec. 5- 19.

Their mission was to return power to the people of Kabul. But what started as a peaceful venture ended in a 14-hour firefight, with one Airman using airpower to turn the tide of the battle.