AFA Gerrity Chapter Award Winners

The Air Force Association Gerrity Chapter 215 held its annual awards breakfast June 23 at the Tinker Club. Pictured are, front row from left, Col. Scott Frickenstein, former commander of the OU AFROTC Detachment, who accepted the AFROTC Cadet of the Year Award for Jeremiah Cox; Jeffrey Allen, Air Force Sustainment Center executive director and guest speaker of the event; James Hunt, 76th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron, the Civilian Manager of the Year; Joe Lopez, director of the 550th Commodities Maintenance Squadron, which won Best Military Unit of the Year; Vicki Hoppes, from the 72nd Logistics Readiness Squadron and recipient of the Contractor Non-Exempt award; Master Sgt. Alexis Delgadillo, 552nd Operations Support Squadron, the Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year; Capt. Brian Hamilton, 552nd OSS, the Company Grade Officer of the Year; Senior Airman Alexander Banachowski, 552nd OSS, the Airman of the Year; Mark Tarpley, AFA Gerrity Chapter 215 president; Laura Duck, 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group, the Civilian Technician of the Year; and Robert Recchio, representing Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. which won the Gerrity Community Partner of the Year. Not pictured is Tech. Sgt. Heather Bennett, 507th Security Forces Squadron, the Nonnommissioned Officer of the Year. (Air Force photo by Kelly White/Released)