Moody AFB pilot becomes first female to receive Kolligian Trophy

Capt. Taylor Bye speaks with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Air Force chief of safety, after a ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., May 11, 2022. Bye was awarded the 2020 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy to recognize her outstanding airmanship when her A-10C Thunderbolt II suffered a catastrophic gun malfunction and she safely performed a belly landing with the loss of the aircraft landing gear and canopy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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