# @af_academy on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq5z5DHOtGR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8950673-af-academy-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-11T16:54:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) — https://gondola.cc/af_academy

## Caption

Congratulations to a pair of aviators who are the most recent winners of the Jabara Award. 
 
Maj. Cameron Dilts, class of 2010, and Capt. Alex Boules, class of 2015, were presented the honors this past Friday. 
 
Dilts was recognized for a 2020 operation in which the CV-22 pilot helped evacuate nearly 200 special operations personnel threatened by an imminent Iranian ballistic missile attack in the Middle East. 
 
Boules, an A-10 pilot, received the award for a 2019 combat mission in Afghanistan that is credited with saving Afghan Special Forces troops and forcing the enemy to retreat. 
 
The Academy, the Association of Graduates and the Jabara family established the award in honor of Col. James Jabara, the second leading Air Force ace of the Korean War and the first American jet ace. The award is presented to graduates whose contributions set them apart from their contemporaries. 
 
#leadersofcharacter #longblueline #wingmen 
@airforcegrads 
@352sow

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