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Air Medal Awarded by the Department of the Army [1] Department of the Navy [2] Department of the Air Force [3] Department of Homeland Security [4] Type Military medal (Decoration) Awarded for Heroic or meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight Status Currently awarded Statistics Established Executive Order 9158, May 11, 1942 (as amended by E.O. 9242-A, September 11, 1942) Precedence Next (higher) Meritorious Service Medals: Joint Service, Branch Service Next (lower) Air Force: Aerial Achievement Medal Army, Navy & Marine Corps: Commendation Medals Service ribbon ( above ); reverse of medal ( below ) The Air Medal is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. It was created in 1942 and is awarded for single acts of heroism or meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. [5] Contents 1 Criteria 1.1 Army Air Forces (1942–1947) 1.2 Air Force (1947–present) 1.2.1 Ribbon device...

Coordinates: 30°20′51″N 88°34′30″W  /  30.347371°N 88.575017°W  / 30.347371; -88.575017 Aerial view of Ingalls Shipbuilding in 1985. Visible in this photo are (pierside, left to right): USS  Yorktown  (CG-48), USS  Vincennes  (CG-49), USS  Valley Forge  (CG-50) and USS  Bunker Hill  (CG-52). Under construction on shore are USS  Mobile Bay  (CG-53) and USS  Antietam  (CG-54). Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States, originally established in 1938, and now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries. It is a leading producer of ships for the United States Navy, and at 12,500 employees, the second largest private employer in Mississippi with WalMart being the largest with 24,000 employees. [1] Contents 1 History 2 Products 2.1 Ships built 2.1.1 Submarines 2.1.2 Destroyers 2.1.3 Cruisers 2.1.4 Cutters 2.1.5 Amphibious transport dock 2.1.6 Amphibious assault ship 2.1.7 Attack transport 2.1....

Spruance -class destroyer USS Fife (DD-991) in June 2002, shown with VLS cells. Class overview Name: Spruance class Builders: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi Operators: United States Navy Preceded by: Charles F. Adams class Succeeded by: Arleigh Burke class Subclasses: Kidd class Built: 1972–1983 In commission: 1975–2005 Completed: 31 Active: 1 ( Paul F. Foster ) as SDTS Retired: 30 General characteristics Type: Destroyer Displacement: 8,040 (long) tons full load Length: 529 ft (161 m) waterline; 563 ft (172 m) overall Beam: 55 ft (16.8 m) Draft: 29 ft (8.8 m) Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) Speed: 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) 3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) Complement: 1...