Timothy A. Wilkinson

Infobox Military Person
name = Timothy A. WilkinsonUnited States Air Force
born= birth year and age|1957|12
died=
placeofbirth=Corry, Pennsylvania


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allegiance=flagicon|United States United States of America
branch=United States Air Force

serviceyears=1981-2001
rank = Master Sergeant
commands=Air Force Special Operations Command
unit = 24th Special Tactics Squadron Pope AFB, North Carolina720th Special Tactics Group, Hurlburt Field, Florida
battles=Battle of Mogadishu
awards=Air Force Cross Purple Heart Defense Meritorious Service Medal Aerial Achievement Medal (3) Air Force Commendation Medal (3) Joint Services Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal (2)
laterwork=
portrayedby=Master Sergeant Timothy A. Wilkinson is a retired Pararescueman who earned the Air Force Cross for the Battle of Mogadishu. At the time of the battle, Technical Sgt. Wilkinson was part of a 15-man combat search and rescue team to get the two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crews out after they were shot down His mission was supporting Task Force Ranger during the longest sustained firefight by U.S. forces since the Vietnam War. For his heroic actions in Somalia, he was a awarded the Air Force Cross, and became the first enlisted person to earn it since 1975. [ [http://www.af.mil/history/person.asp?dec=&pid=123006509 Technical Sgt. Tim Wilkinson ] ] MSgt Wilkinson was potrayed by Ty Burrell in Black Hawk Down. [ [http://http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265086/-->] ]

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