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Organization: The Wings Club Foundation

Award Type: Recognition Award (not a grant/funding opportunity)

Award Statement: "To recognize airmen and air women for their contributions to aviation/or security and serve as leadership role models."

Presentation Schedule: Presented annually each March at the Wings Club Foundation's Annual Meeting

Recent Recipients:

2025: Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger

2024: Colonel Bruce P. Crandall (US Army Ret.)

2023: Colonel Buz Carpenter (USAF Ret.), SR-71 Pilot

2022: Tammie Jo Shults

2020: Colonel Gail Seymour "Hal" Halvorsen (USAF Ret.), "Berlin Candy Bomber"

2019: Brigadier General Jeannie M. Leavitt

2018: Major General Patrick Henry Brady (US Army Ret.)

2017: Heather Penney

2016: Col. Edward T. Rock (USAF Ret.)

2015: Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann

2014: Robert A. "Bob" Hoover

2013: Patty Wagstaff

2012: Doolittle Raiders

2011: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

2010: Tuskegee Airmen (inaugural recipients)

Inception: The award was first given in 2010

Contact:

Phone: +1 212 867 1770

Email: info@wingsclub.org

Address: 200 Park Avenue, East Mezzanine, Suite 11, New York, NY 10166

Note: This is a recognition award, not a financial grant or scholarship.