US Air Force/Senior Airman Luke Hill
- A B-52 bomber crew received an award for fighting through "catastrophic" aircraft failures.
- The crew faced a string of problems while flying to Barksdale Air Force Base.
- Air Force Global Strike Command gave the bomber crew the General Curtis E. LeMay Award.
A US Air Force B-52 bomber crew received an award for pulling off an exceptional recovery during a life-threatening emergency.
"All the systems kicked off at once, and the aircraft went completely dark, engines flamed out, and controlling the aircraft became a battle," Capt. Matthew Walls, one of three aircrew members aboard the B-52H Stratofortress bomber at the time, described in a Thursday press release.