Special Tactics operators with the 24th Special Operations Wing salute during the Air Force Master Sgt. John A. Chapman Medal of Honor memorial unveiling ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 27, 2018. Chapman, the first Special Tactics operator to earn the Medal of Honor, had his name inscribed on the Special Tactics memorial wall under the Medal of Honor to commemorate his courage and sacrifice during the Battle of Takur Ghar in March 2002 while deployed to Afghanistan.

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