Air & Space/Smithsonian Magazine
Air Force announces the 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2023 Published October 03, 2023 Air Force's Personnel Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Air Force officials have selected the service’s top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2023. An Air Force selection board at the Air Force’s Personnel Center considered 36 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 Justin S. Cruz, Air Force Materiel Command – Airman supporting Space Force Technical Sergeant Jennel L. Edwards, Air Force Global Strike Command Senior Master Sergeant Sedrick F. Evans, Pacific Air Forces Technical Sergeant Michelle A. Fernandez, Air Mobility C