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John Allan Chapman (July 14, 1965 – March 4, 2002) was a combat controller in the United States Air Force who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on August 22, 2018, for his actions in the Battle of Takur Ghar during the War in Afghanistan. [1]
He enlisted in the Air Force on Sept. 27, 1985, as an information systems operator and later volunteered to be a combat controller, tasked to solve air and ground problems across the spectrum of conflict and crisis.
28 Φεβ 2022 · Chapman trained as an Air Force combat controller, a program that took two years and included high-intensity physical conditioning and technical education. Chapman was “sharp,” one of his instructors remembered.
Chapman joined the Air Force in 1985, and after graduation from basic and technical training, he served as an information systems operator at Lowry AFB, Colorado. In 1989, Chapman began training to become a combat controller, and later earned his red beret in March 1990.
4 Μαρ 2002 · Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism as an Air Force Special Tactics combat controller, attached to a Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Team conducting reconnaissance operations in Takur Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 4, 2002.
Tech. Sgt. John Chapman, the combat controller who was killed trying to save the lives of a team of Army Rangers during a ferocious Afghanistan battle in 2002, was posthumously awarded the...
John Chapman became the first U.S. Air Force Combat Controller to earn the Air Force Cross in any war in history. During the 17-hour engagement called the "Battle of...
