Medal of Honor Awarded During SOTU

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4:18a, 2/25/26

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To CW5 Eric Slover, a Chinook pilot in the 160th SOAR.

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7:30a, 2/25/26

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More on him & his award

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/02/25/army-helicopter-pilot-wounded-during-maduro-raid-receives-medal-of-honor-during-state-of-the-union/

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7:39a, 2/25/26

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Here was the other one award and it was a longtime coming:

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9:48p, 2/25/26

Was the Captain both an NFO and a pilot? He has both wings, but I can't seem to find any reference to him becoming both.

This is what wiki says.

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He qualified as a naval aviator at Pensacola in August 1945.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royce_Williams#cite_note-Cleaver-5][5][/url]
He learned to fly the F9F-5 Panther jet and was assigned to active duty in the Korean War, during which he flew 70 missions.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royce_Williams#cite_note-SDUT-2][2][/url]

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In reply to bigtruckguy3500 • 5:01a, 2/26/26

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The squinty-wings confused me as well.

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In reply to bigtruckguy3500 • 12:46p

bigtruckguy3500 said:
Was the Captain both an NFO and a pilot? He has both wings, but I can't seem to find any reference to him becoming both.

This is what wiki says.
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He qualified as a naval aviator at Pensacola in August 1945.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royce_Williams#cite_note-Cleaver-5][5][/url]
He learned to fly the F9F-5 Panther jet and was assigned to active duty in the Korean War, during which he flew 70 missions.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royce_Williams#cite_note-SDUT-2][2][/url]

Yes. First qualified as a naval aviator, then had exchange duty at Nellis from 1954 - 1956 where he qualified in the F-86 and F-100, which earned him the Air Force Pilot Badge.

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