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Air Force Announces the 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2024
Published July 24, 2024, Air Force Personnel Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, TX
Air Force officials have selected the service’s top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2024.
An Air Force selection board at the Air Force’s Personnel Center considered 35 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and Headquarters Air Force. The board selected the 12 Airmen based on superior leadership, job performance and personal achievements.
The 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year (alphabetically, by rank and command of assignment when selected) are:
Senior Master Sergeant Sarah E. Buckley, Pacific Air Forces
Senior Airman Jacob K. Cummings, Air Force Special Operations Command
Technical Sergeant Cory M. Green, 60 SFS, Travis AFB, CA, Air Mobility Command
Senior Airman Mariah L. Hayden, Air Force Materiel Command
Senior Airman Rachel M. Heath, Air Force Global Strike Command
Senior Airman LeAnne A. Jayoma, Air Force District of Washington
Senior Airman Mykhailo Khromiak, Air Education and Training Command
Technical Sergeant Jose Lucero IV, AFSFC Det3/Ops, Ft Bliss, TX, Air Force Reserve Command
Technical Sergeant Joseph M. Mazure, Air Combat Command
Master Sergeant Haley M. Rankin, Air National Guard
Technical Sergeant Geraldine C. Schwartz, United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa
Master Sergeant Genevieve M. Villela, Air Force Materiel Command
The winners are authorized to wear the Outstanding Airman of the Year Ribbon with the bronze service star device on the ribbon. They are also authorized to wear the OAY badge for one year from the date of formal presentation.
AFSFA comment: Congrats to all 12 and HOOAH to Defenders TSgts Green and Lucero!!!!
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