Back to Chapter 2 - Airman Heritage
There was very little difference between chapter 2 of PDG 2009 and PDG 2011:
The chapter title changed from Enlisted History to Airman Heritage.
The section titled, 2.8. General Headquarters Air Force (1935 - 1939), was removed and its content combined with other sections. And all subsequent paragraphs were renumbered one number lower.
The dates changed on the section heading, 2.11. The Cold War (1948 - 1989). It now reads 2.10. The Cold War (1948-1991).
The section, 2.17. Afghanistan 2009, was added.
2.4.3. After 11 months of fruitless campaigning, the socalled Punitive Expedition was recalled in February 1917, and Villa continued to lead rebels in northern Mexico until 1920. Yet, poorly equipped as it was, the 1st Aero Squadron had acquitted itself admirably. In his final report on the mission, Major Foulois praised his pilots who could not carry sufficient food or adequate clothing because of poor climbing characteristics of the aircraft. Foulois also commended his pilots’ willingness to fly clearly dangerous aircraft. He did not neglect the enlisted personnel, praising praised them for dedication and willingness to work day and night to keep the aircraft flying.
2.14.3. Enduring Freedom would take the fight to the nation’s enemies overseas, most notably Afghanistan, and impoverished country where the U.S. focus was twofold: provide humanitarian airlift to the oppressed...
2.15.3. On 10 January 2003, the Secretary of the Air Force posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross to Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman (Figure 2.40). It was only the third time since the end of the Vietnam conflict that an enlisted Airman received the Air Force Cross, and the second Air Force Cross presented to one of the enlisted Airmen who died in during the 17-hour ordeal atop Takur Ghar mountain, Afghanistan. Chapman's helicopter came under enemy fire, causing a Navy SEAL to fall out of an MH-47 helicopter during an insertion. The helicopter landed 4.5 miles away from where the SEAL was killed. Once on the ground, Chapman provided directions to another helicopter to pick them up. After being rescued, Chapman and the team volunteered to rescue their mission team member from the enemy stronghold. After landing, Chapman killed two enemy soldiers and, without regard for his own life, advanced toward a dug-in machinegun nest. The team came under fire from three directions. Chapman exchanged fire from minimum personal cover and succumbed to multiple wounds. His engagement and destruction of the first enemy position and advancement to the second enabled his team to move to cover and break enemy contact. He is credited with saving the lives of the entire rescue team.
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