Aviators earn medals Published Oct. 22, 2009 GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind., -- Twenty-three members of the 434th Operations Group earned either the Aerial Achievement Medal or the Air Medal for their actions as aircrew members on the KC-135R Stratotanker. The medal recipients were: Aerial Achievement Medal Master Sgt. John English, 434th Operations Support Squadron Senior Master Sgt. Paul Houser, 434th OSS Lt. Col. Paul Wietbrock, 74th Air Refueling Squadron Air Medal Capt. Stephen Akins, 434th OSS Maj. Joseph Austin, 434th OSS Capt. Chad Tice, 434th OSS Master Sgt. John English, 434th OSS 1st Lt. Brandon German, 434th OSS Lt. Col. Douglas Gullion, 434th OSS Lt. Col. Brian Hollis, 434th OSS Senior Master Sgt. Paul Houser, 434th OSS Technical Sgt. Kenneth Knight, 434th OSS Capt. Ladd Leimer, 434th OSS Senior Master Sgt. Laura McKee, 434th OSS Technical Sgt. Deborah Melton, 434th OSS Lt. Col. Brian Nance, 434th OSS Lt. Col. Thomas Pea, 434th OSS Lt. Col. Thomas Riedell, 434th OSS Technical Sgt. Joesph Swisher, 434th OSS Capt. William Werth, 434th OSS Lt. Col. Paul Wietbrock, 434th OSS 1st Lt. Joel Webley, 434th OSS Lt. Col. Carl Henry, 434th OSS
