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Daredevil Felix Baumgartner first recipient of Space Force jump wings

Daredevil Felix Baumgartner first recipient of Space Force jump wings

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Oct 05, 2022
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WASHINGTON – Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner was awarded U.S. Space Force jump wings today, making him the very first recipient of the new service’s most coveted badge. The U.S. flew him in from Vienna to honor his heroic 2012 jump from the stratosphere, wherein he became the first man to break the sound barrier without vehicular power, reaching Ma…

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