Monday, July 12, 2021

Keesler TS among AF's top 12

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas - Air Force officials have selected the service’s top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2021. The Air Education and Training Command's 2021 Outstanding Non-commissioned Officer of the Year, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Bennet, an Air Traffic Control instructor with the 81st Training Group at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., was among the dozen selectees. An AF selection board considered 35 nominees. The 12 outstanding airmen of the also included Senior Master Sgt. Marcus D. Banks, Pacific Air Forces; Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Bennett, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa; Tech. Sgt. Kelli A. Floyd, Air Combat Command; Staff Sgt. Valerie M. Graw, Air Force Materiel Command; Staff Sgt. Colleen F. Mitchell, Air Force District of Washington; Senior Airman Giovanni Pacheco, Airman Support U.S. Space Force; Staff Sgt. Kristy L. Riley, Air Force Reserve Command; Staff Sgt. Alex M. Sandmann, Air Force Global Strike Command; Senior Master Sgt. Mark R. Schneider II, Air National Guard; Senior Airman Jamonica M. Smith, Air Mobility Command; and Master Sgt. Hannah E. Walters, Air Force Special Operations Command. The winners are authorized to wear the Outstanding Airman of the Year Ribbon with the bronze service star device, and the Outstanding Airman of the Year badge for one year. (Source: Air Force’s Personnel Center 07/12/21)

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