Bronze Star (w/V) for ‘saving bacon’

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014, during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-1. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford Jr./Released)

Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Norton Schwartz talks about Staff Sergeant Kenneth L. Walker, III, before awarding Walker the Bronze Star (with Valor) in a small side room at the Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition held at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, MD, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Schwartz commented that Walker “saved his commander’s bacon” on May 24, 2009.