HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- The 505th Command and Control Wing, headquartered on Hurlburt Field, Florida, hosted their 2022 Annual Awards Ceremony on Feb. 16, 2023.
Congratulations to the wing's 2022 annual awards winners:
505th Command and Control Wing Airman of the Year:
505th Combat Training Group Nominee*
505th Command and Control Wing Noncommissioned Officer of the Year:
Tech. Sgt. Olivia Gay
505th Test and Training Group
505th Command and Control Wing Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year:
Master Sgt. Terrance Cooley
505th Test and Training Group
505th Command and Control Wing First Sergeant of the Year:
Master Sgt. Markel Sykes
505th Test and Training Group
505th Command and Control Wing Company Grade Officer of the Year:
Capt. Austin Bondy
505th Combat Training Group
505th Command and Control Wing Field Grade Officer of the Year:
Maj. Dustin Nedolast
505th Command and Control Wing, Detachment 1
505th Command and Control Wing Civilian Category I Professional of the Year:
April Patzwald
505th Command and Control Wing, Detachment 1
505th Command and Control Wing Civilian Category II Professional of the Year:
Adam Sullivan
505th Test and Training Group
505th Command and Control Wing Civilian Category III Professional of the Year:
Joshua Blake
505th Combat Training Group
505th Command and Control Wing Team of the Year:
Distributed Mission Operations Center Team: Capt. Nicholas Lazos, 1st Lt. Conor Devlin, 1st Lt. Grant Goodnight, 1st Lt. Rachel King, 1st Lt. Christopher Kosik, 1st Lt. Tucker Petersen, 1st Lt. Jordan Scango, 1st Lt. Michael Sprowls, 1st Lt. Stephanie Whisman, 2d Lt. Terrell Caldwell, 2d Lt. James D’Agostino, 2d Lt. Noah Holston, Tech Sgt. Jess Vander Kooi, and Steven Menchaca.
505th Combat Training Group
505th Command and Control Wing Innovative Member of the Year:
Staff Sgt. Michael Nelson
505th Test and Training Group
505th Command and Control Wing Innovative Team of the Year:
Engineering Design Team: Erik Gurtler, Jon Haldeman, Brandon Tellez, Stacey McBrien, Mark Reed and a member not listed due to a privacy request.
505th Combat Training Group
505th Command and Control Wing Volunteer of the Year:
Tech. Sgt. James Bane
505th Test and Training Group
*Name withheld due to privacy request.
The 505th CCW is the U.S. Air Force’s only wing dedicated to operational-level command and control. The wing is made up of a diverse group of Airmen, civilians, and contractors who work on many different tasks, but are all dedicated to taking testing, tactics, and training to the operational level by specializing in command and control in air, space, and cyberspace.