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The Colonel Bud Day Air Field

    The Mid American Museum of Aviation & Transportation is located at the Sioux Gateway Airport/Colonel Bud Day Field. The airport was renamed to honor Colonel George E. “Bud” Day on May 25, 2002.
    Brig. Gen. Bud Day (February 24, 1925 – July 27, 2013) was a native of Sioux City, a graduate of Central High School, a Morningside College alum, and the recipient of the Medal of Honor - our nation’s highest military decoration, for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty.
    Col. Day was America's most highly decorated military person since General Douglas MacArthur. In a long military career spanning 34 years and three wars, Day received nearly 70 decorations and awards. More than 50 of them were for combat.
George E. “Bud” Day

• Brigadier General - Posthumous
  
• Colonel (then Major), U.S. Air Force,
  
• Forward Air Controller Pilot North American F-100 Super Sabre aircraft
• North Vietnam, August 26, 1967
• Entered Service at Sioux City, Iowa
• Born February 24, 1925, Sioux City, Iowa
  

    The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on members of the United States armed forces who distinguish themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States."
    The Medal of Honor is often presented personally to the recipient by the President of the United States. Although the award citation includes the phrase "in the name of Congress", it is sometimes erroneously called the Congressional Medal of Honor; however, the official title is the Medal of Honor.