James H. McClellan Aviation Safety Award 

Awards Nomination Form

  • Deadline for submission of Nomination Packet is January 1st of the subsequent year
  • All information in the Summary and Support Documents must have occurred between January 1 and December 31 of the year that the nomination is being submitted.

CRITERIA

Sponsored by GE Aviation in memory of James H. McClellan, a former Army aviator who was killed in a civil aviation accident in 1958, this award is presented annually "to an individual who has made an outstanding individual contribution to Army Aviation safety in the previous calendar year." The award is NOT intended to be given for the accumulation of operational hours without accidents by any aviation unit.