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160THE TWO AIR FORCES AWARDIn 1996 the Royal Air Force Historical Society established, incollaboration with its American sister organisation, the Air ForceHistorical Foundation, the Two Air Forces Award, which was to bepresented annually on each side of the Atlantic in recognition ofoutstanding academic work by a serving officer or airman. The RAFwinners have been:1997 Wing Commander M P Brzezicki MPhil MIL1998 Wing Commander P J Daybell MBE MA BA1999 Squadron Leader S P Harpum MSc BSc MILT2000 Squadron Leader A W Riches MA2001 Squadron Leader C H Goss MA2002 Squadron Leader S I Richards BScTHE AIR LEAGUE GOLD MEDALOn 11 February 1998 the Air League presented the Royal Air ForceHistorical Society with a Gold Medal in recognition of the Society%u2019sachievements in recording aspects of the evolution of British air powerand thus realising one of the aims of the League. The ExecutiveCommittee decided that the medal should be awarded periodically to anominal holder (it actually resides at the Royal Air Force Club, where itis on display) who was to be an individual who had made a particularlysignificant contribution to the conduct of the Society%u2019s affairs. Holders todate have been:Air Marshal Sir Frederick Sowrey KCB CBE AFCAir Commodore H A Probert MBE MA