General Ronald R Folgeman 1994 Order of the Sword Air Force Challenge Coin

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Order of the Sword

In Honor Of

General Ronald R. Folgeman

14May1994

 Air Force Challenge Coin

The coin is 1 5/8 inches in diameter.

Ronald Robert Fogleman (born January 27, 1942) is a retired General in the United States Air Force who served the 15th Chief of Staff of the Air Force from 1994 to 1997, and before that, from 1992 to 1994 as Commander-in-Chief of the United States Transportation Command .

A 1963 graduate from the United States Air Force Academy , he holds a master's degree in military history and political science from Duke University . A command pilot and a parachutist , he amassed more than 6,800 flying hours in fighter, transport, tanker and rotary wing aircraft. He flew 315 combat missions and logged 806 hours of combat flying in fighter aircraft. 80 of his missions were as a "Misty FAC" in the F-100F Super Sabre at Phu Cat Air Base between 25 December 1968 and 23 April 1969.

Fogleman was shot down in Vietnam in 1968, while piloting a F-100. He was rescued from being captured by clinging on to an AH-1 Cobra helicopter that landed at the crash site.[ 1]

In early assignments he instructed student pilots, performed combat duty as a fighter pilot and high-speed forward air controller in Vietnam and Thailand , taught history at the Air Force Academy and conducted flight operations in Europe —including duty as an F-15 Eagle aircraft demonstration pilot for international airshows. He commanded an Air Force wing, an air division, a numbered air force, a major command and a unified command.

Fogleman was the first graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to advance to Chief of Staff of the Air Force. During his tenure, he introduced a simplified code of conduct for Airmen, which remains in use today. Called the "Air Force Core Values", the code demands "Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do."

General Fogleman retired September 1, 1997.

(REF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Fogleman)

Order of the Sword

The Order of the Sword is an honor awarded within the U.S. Air Force . It is defined in the Airman's Guide by Boone Nicolls as a "special program where noncommisioned officers of a command recognize individuals they hold in high esteem and wish to honor. Those selected for induction are usually honored during a formal ceremony at a dining-in."[ 1]

Several honorees have been controversial, including Gen Merrill McPeak and Gen Robert H. Foglesong .

Various webpages originating with the U.S. Air Force claim an ancient origin for this order:

The Order of the Sword recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the enlisted corps. Only seven other individuals have been so honored since 1978. The ceremonial presentation was adopted from the Royal Order of the Sword and passed to the United States during the Revolutionary War. However, it lay dormant until it was reinstituted in its current form in 1967.

The original order of the sword was patterned after two orders of chivalry founded during the Middle Ages in Europe: the (British) Royal Order of the Sword and the Swedish Military Order of the Sword, still in existence today. In 1522, King Gustavus I of Sweden ordered the noblemen commissioned by him to appoint officers to serve him, and these people became known as the noncommissioned officers. [ 2]

Any "(British) Royal Order of the Sword" appears unknown to relevant reference works (such as the Encyclopaedia Britannica ), and Britain was not a single kingdom in the Middle Ages. A "Swedish Military Order of the Sword" matching the description is not mentioned in Swedish reference works. The Royal Swedish Order of the Sword , a pure state decoration , not an independent order of chivalry , was founded only in 1748 by king Frederick I (two centuries after the reign of Gustavus I of Sweden ), and all grades were limited to commissioned officers until 1850, when an affiliated decoration was established for non-commissioned officers. The Swedish order was made dormant in 1975, and as such it is no longer awarded.[ 3]

(REF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Sword_%28United_States%29)

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