Silver Star Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/silver-star Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:14:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png Silver Star Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/silver-star 32 32 Lt. Jeffrey Scharver, USMC https://riahof.org/year-of-induction/2022/lt-jeffrey-scharver Sat, 19 Nov 2022 22:29:00 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=1944 Lt. Jeffrey Scharver, USMC (1958-1983) Marine Corps helicopter pilot Jeffrey Scharver was killed in action in Grenada on October 25, 1983. His Cobra was shot down during a rescue of fellow wounded Marine pilots. Scharver, an ROTC graduate of Ohio State University, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. At OSU, an ROTC classroom has since […]

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]]> LTCOL Herbert “Herb” Woodcock, USAF (Ret.) https://riahof.org/recognition-awarded/inductees/ltcol-herbert-woodcock-usaf Sat, 22 Nov 2025 20:11:15 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=2314 LTCOL Herbert “Herb” Woodcock, USAF (Ret.) (1928-2023) joined the Air Force and was commissioned as a navigator. He deployed to Okinawa during the Korean War; his units supported B-29 bombing missions. In January 1954 he survived a jet crash into the South China Sea. In Vietnam he was assigned to the 12th Air Commando Squadron, […]

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