Valley grad earns Air Force award

Dick Benoit

Thursday, April 15, 2004 | 8:25 a.m.

Airman 1st Class Shean Leigon, son of Richard and Laura Leigon and grandson of Ralph Leigon, all of Las Vegas, is a 2003 winner of the Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Maintenance Award for the Air Forces Europe Command. In addition to winning the coveted General Marquez Trophy, Leigon was selected as Airman of the Year for the 31st Operations, Group, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy.

The Marquez Trophy recognizes excellence in maintenance operations in the cataegories of aircraft, munitions and communications maintenance. Leigon, currently deployed to Iraq, is a communications maintenance specialist who maintains ground to air and satellite communications equipment vital to air superiority and close air support for Operation Iraqi Freedom and the war on terrorism.

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