NHA Life Long Service to NHA Award
The naval helicopter pioneers of this award are as follows:
| 1971 – AL MONAHAN | 1972 – FRANK ERICKSON |
| 1973 – JIMMY VINER | 1974 – FRANK PIASECKI |
| 1975 – CHARLES KAMAN | 1976 – JOSEPH MASHMAN |
| 1977 – MARK R. STARR | 1978 – WILLIAM O. WIRT |
| 1979 – ROBERT LYNCH | 1980 – ROBERT S. VERMILYA |
| 1981 – WILLIAM STUYVESANT | 1982 – H. VERNON PEPPER |
| 1983 – JOSEPH M. PURTELL | 1984 – ROGER P. MCTIGHE |
| 1985 – FRED W. JOHNSTON | 1986 – STU LIETCH |
| 1987 – DONALD S. JONES | 1988 – L.M. HORNER |
| 1989 – JOE GARDNER | 1990 – IGOR I. SIKORSKY |
| 1991 – OWEN F. POLLEYS | 1992 – ROBERT HARRISON |
| 1993 – ROGER L. RICH | 1994 – DAN BILICK |
| 1995 – BILL QUARG | 1996 -SCOTTY WALKER |
| 1997 – GEORGE GALDORISI | 1998 – MIKE BAXTER |
| 1999 – LARRIE CABLE | 2000 -STEVE MCDERMAID |
| 2001 -JAMES HARGRAAVE | 2002 – MIKE REBER |
| 2003 – CHUCK SMILEY | 2004 -JOE MCKELLER |
| 2005 – WILLIAM TERRY | 2006 – STEVEN TOMASZESKI |
| 2007 – JOHN P. MCLAUGHLIN | 2008 – JOHN J. WAICKWICZ |
| 2009 – JOSEPH PELUSO | 2010 – GARRY E. HALL |
| 2011 – MICHAEL MIDDLETON | 2012 – WILLIAM E. SHANNON III |
| 2013-CLINTON D. MCKINNON | 2014 – HOWARD M. WHITFILED |
| 2015- CHARLES DEITCHMAN | 2016-GREGORY HOFFMAN |
| 2017 – GEORGE BARTON/PAUL STEVENS | 2018-ANTHONY J. DZIELSKI |
| 2019 – WILLIAM S. PERSONIUS | 2020-Ken Marion |
| 2021 Mike O’Connor | 2022 ADM Bill Lescher, USN |
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