From left, Maj. Steven A. Raspet, Senior Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, Master Sgt. Byron P. Allen, Capt Allison K. Black, Master Sgt. Charlie Peterson, and Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Paxton, the first six Airmen to receive the Air Force Combat Action Medal are honored for their action in combat during a ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Washington, DC 6/12/2007. From left, Maj. Steven A. Raspet of New Braunfels, Texas, an A-10 pilot currently assigned to the 559th Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Senior Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez of Bridgeport, Conn., with the Ai


From left, Maj. Steven A. Raspet, Senior Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, Master Sgt. Byron P. Allen, Capt Allison K. Black, Master Sgt. Charlie Peterson, and Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Paxton, the first six Airmen to receive the Air Force Combat Action Medal are honored for their action in combat during a ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Washington, DC 6/12/2007. From left, Maj. Steven A. Raspet of New Braunfels, Texas, an A-10 pilot currently assigned to the 559th Flying Training Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Senior Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez of Bridgeport, Conn., with the Air Force Pararescue/Combat Rescue Officer School, Kirtland Air Force Base, ; Master Sgt. Byron P. Allen of Birmingham, Ala., MH-53 aerial gunner with the 1st Special Operations Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla.; Capt Allison K. Black of North Point, , an AC-130H gunship navigator with the 1st Special Operations Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla.; Master Sgt. Charlie Peterson of Detroit, Mich., and Ashland, Miss., a vehicle operator with 927th Logistical Readiness Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich.; Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Paxton of Abingdon, Va., an aeromedical evacuation technician with the Air Force Aerospace Medical Center, Brooks City Base, Texas.


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