2025 20th Fighter Wing's best of the best

Medals for 2025 20th Fighter Wing annual award nominees are staged prior to being handed out during the wing's 2025 annual award ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Feb 20, 2026. Nominees for the awards who were present at the ceremony were given the medals by 20th Fighter Wing leadership in recognition of their accomplishments in 2025.

Trophies for 2025 20th Fighter Wing annual award winners are displayed during the wing's 2025 annual award ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Feb. 20, 2026. Nominees for 14 different award categories were present at the ceremony.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate Airman 1st Class Nina Vescoso, a base honor guardsman assigned to the Shaw Air Force Base honor guard, on Vescoso's selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Base Honor Guardsman of the Year.

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Moore provides remarks during the 2025 20th Fighter Wing annual award ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base. Moore served as the commander of the 20th Fighter Wing from 2010 to 2012.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, middle left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, middle right, bestow medals (above) onto 2025 20th Fighter Wing annual award nominees during the wing's 2025 annual award ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base on Feb. 20, 2026.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate Tech. Sgt. David Wells, 20th Security Forces Squadron additional duty first sergeant, on Wells' selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Additional Duty First Sergeant of the Year.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, 20th Fighter Wing command chief, right, congratulates Tech. Sgt. Allan Deleon Guerrero, assigned to the 20th Security Forces Squadron, on his nomination for the 2025 20 FW NCO of the Year during the wing's 2025 annual award ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Feb. 20, 2026.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate Master Sgt. Krisin Pujol, 55th Fighter Generation Squadron first sergeant, on Pujol's selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing First Sergeant of the Year.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate James Speerly, a unit deployment manager assigned to the 79th Fighter Generation Squadron, on Speerly's selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Category II Civilian of the Year.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate Barbara Kane, a budget officer assigned to the 20th Comptroller Squadron, on Kane's selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Category III Civilian of the Year.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate Alma Flores Montes, 20th Operations Support Squadron key support liaison, on Flores Montes' selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Base Key Support Liaison.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, 20th Fighter Wing commander, far left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, 20th Fighter Wing command chief, far right, celebrate the 2025 20th Fighter Wing annual award winners during the wing's 2025 annual award ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Feb. 20, 2026. Winners for 14 different award categories were announced at the ceremony.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate Master Sgt. Sarah Chapman, 20th Fighter Wing command and control operations superintendent, on Chapman's selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate Capt. Devon Chatman, 55th Fighter Generation Squadron sortie generation flight commander, on Chatman's selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Company Grade Officer of the Year.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, 20th Fighter Wing commander, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate Senior Airman Lisa-Marie KcKinney, an air traffic control specialist assigned to the 20th Operational Support Squadron, on McKinney's selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Airman of the Year.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Griste, right, congratulate Tech. Sgt. William Tysar, 20th Medical Group radiology clinic non-commissioned officer in-charge, on Tysar's selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year.

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicock, 20th Fighter Wing commander, right, congratulates Maj. Alexander Trembly, an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft pilot assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron, on Trembly's selection as the 2025 20th Fighter Wing Field Grade Officer of the Year at Shaw Air Force Base on Feb. 20, 2026. Trembly was recognized as a wing annual award winner prior to the formal awards ceremony.