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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presents the 2010 General Lew Allen Jr. Award to Senior Master Sgt. Anthony Smith during a ceremony Jan. 4, 2011, in the Pentagon. The award is presented annually to an officer and to an NCO working in aircraft, munitions or missile maintenance and directly involved in aircraft sortie generation. The award's namesake served as the Air Force Chief of Staff from 1978 to 1982. Sergeant Smith was honored for his work as the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Viper Aircraft Maintenance Unit superintendent at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)