| Year |
Name |
Notes |
| 1969 |
Ronald W. Terry |
[1] |
| 1975 |
John R. Boyd |
[2] United States Air Force fighter pilot and Pentagon consultant |
| 1976 |
Herbert J. Hickey, Jr |
[3] For engineering F-15 handling qualities. |
| 1977 |
Joseph C. Foster, Jr. |
University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign
Awarded for research in advanced conventional warheads while at the Air Force Armament Laboratory, Eglin AFB FL |
| 1978 |
Henry Berry Garrett |
[4][5] Project scientist for the SCATHA (Spacecraft Charging at High Altitude) program
For developing a mathematical model of the earth's space environment at high altitudes |
| 1979 |
Terence James Elkins |
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| 1982 |
Raymond P. Urtz |
[6] |
| 1985 |
George A. Vanasse |
[7] Physicist at the US Air Force Geophysics Laboratory at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts |
| 1986 |
John F. Paulson |
Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom Field, Lexington, Massachusetts
Awarded for major advances in ion-molecule chemical kinetics |
| 1987 |
Davy Belk |
[8] Member of the Senior Executive Service and Director, Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York
For developing computational fluid dynamics methods. |
| 1990 |
Carl E. Baum |
[9] Senior Scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory |
| 1991 |
Northrup Fowler III |
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| 1994 |
William F. Storm |
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| 1995 |
John M. Reising |
[10] Air Force Research Laboratory
For the successful transition of cockpit technology including pictorial displays, voice control and display symbology |
| 1997 |
Jeffrey L. Craig |
[11] for Panoramic Night Vision Goggle Development |
| 1998 |
Chi Tsieh (Jimmy) Liu |
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| 1999 |
Robert Q. Fugate |
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| 2000 |
Frank Marcos |
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| 2001 |
Dean F. Kocian |
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| 2002 |
Nelson Forster |
[12] Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
For his work developing corrosion-resistant materials for engine mechanical systems |
| 2003 |
Dr Peter M. Wegner |
[13] For his work in developing spacecraft technologies |
| 2004 |
H. John Mucks |
[14] Electronics engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York
For the web-based Time Line Analysis System. |
| 2005 |
John A. Caldwell |
[15] Air Force Research Laboratory at Brooks City-Base, Texas
For his research on the effects of fatigue. |
| 2007 |
Jim F. Riker |
[16] Air Force Research Laboratory |
| 2008 |
Mark Haney |
[17] |
| 2009 |
Derek Kingston |
[18] Air Vehicles Directorate
For improvements to the technology for cooperative unmanned air vehicle (UAV) route surveillance |
| 2010 |
Dr. Candace Lynch |
[19] Senior scientist at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.
For pioneering new infrared technology. |
| 2011 |
Dr. Michael Hooser |
[20] A chief scientist from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
For his role in significant advances in hypersonic missile research. |
| 2012 |
Dr. Mark H. Draper |
[21] A senior engineering research psychologist, Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance
For human factors research. |
| 2013 |
Dr. Peter J. Collins |
[22] Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology |
| 2014 |
Dr. Donald R. Erbschloe |
[23] Senior Level Executive (SL) and Chief Scientist of the Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois |
| 2015 |
Dr Lisa Tripp |
[24] Airman Systems Directorate's Continuous Learning Branch
For innovative and cost-saving training methods and platforms for the Air Force intelligence community |
| 2016 |
Lt Col (sel) Joseph C. Pomager |
Program Manager, Command & Control Systems, Integrated Combat Systems Division, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office
Led Chief of Staff-directed effort to increase situational awareness, streamline command and control, and shorten the kill-chain, while reducing stove-piping. |
| 2018 |
Dr. Robert Johnson |
Principal investigator at Air Force Research Laboratory Starfire Optical Range (SOR).[25]
for outstanding contributions including identifying a breakthrough in physics that enables high-resolution ground to space imaging |
| 2021 |
Maj. Ronald Kemker |
[26]
In recognition of Dr. Kemker's significant achievements in aviation electronics development for dozens of Automatic Target Recognition models, a novel data fusion scheme and five processing algorithms. |
| 2023 |
Dr. Scott Nykl |
In recognition of Dr. Nykl's research related to airborne visual relative navigation using computer vision. |
