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Sep 2, 2018 · By Kaleth Wright, Dave Goldfein and Heather Wilson. Sep 2, 2018. Gen. Dave Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff, shared the story behind this now-famous photo of Tech. Sgt. John Chapman, the...
Mar 4, 2021 · Wars. video. Chapman, an Air Force combat controller, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in August 2018 for his bravery during the 2002 Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan, in which he...
Aug 22, 2018 · Chapman, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, who was 36 when he died, is the first airman to receive the nation’s highest award for valor for actions taken since the Vietnam War.
Mar 4, 2002 · John A Chapman. Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism as an Air Force Special Tactics Combat Controller, attached to a Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Team conducting reconnaissance operations in Takur Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 4, 2002.
John Chapman, a member of the team, began coordinating close air support and a rescue effort to retrieve Roberts. Another helicopter, Razor 4, picked up the team and took them back to rescue Roberts on the 10,000-foot mountaintop.
Feb 28, 2022 · Twenty years on from the Battle of Takur Ghar, also known as Roberts Ridge, the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation remembers Air Force Sergeant John A. Chapman, who earned the Medal of Honor on March 4, 2002, and received it posthumously in 2018. Born in 1965, Chapman grew up in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
Aug 22, 2018 · MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION. Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism as an Air Force Special Tactics Combat Controller, attached to a Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Team conducting reconnaissance operations in Takur Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 4, 2002.
