Congratulations to those IAC members who earned an achievement award in the last half of 2023 and the first half of 2024 (July 2023 through July 2024)!
The IAC's Achievement Awards program was modeled after the popular soaring badges by Verne Jobst in 1970. The IAC members may earn the awards in a glider or powered aircraft.
There are two types of achievement awards available: Smooth awards and Stars awards. Smooth awards are earned by flying in a non-contest environment. Stars awards must be earned while flying competition aerobatics at an IAC-sanctioned contest.
We congratulate the following IAC members on their achievements:
| Year | Award number | Category | Name |
| 2023 | 1286 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | JUSTIN MILLER |
| 2023 | 1287 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | GREG SAVIDGE |
| 2023 | 1288 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | HAROLD SCHAEFER |
| 2023 | 1289 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | FRANKLIN D RAMIREZ |
| 2023 | 1290 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | TOM HOGAN |
| 2023 | 1291 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | JAMES POWELL |
| 2023 | 1292 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | PHILLIPPE SABBAGH |
| 2023 | 1293 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | MATTHEW SPARKS |
| 2023 | GLIDER 19 | PRIMARY SMOOTH - G | A.J. WILDER |
| 2023 | GLIDER 20 | PRIMARY SMOOTH - G | MARK KING |
| 2024 | 1294 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | JENNIFER WATSON |
| 2024 | 1295 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | JUSTIN ROBERT GARDEPE |
| 2024 | 1296 | PRIMARY SMOOTH | MIKO PAWEL |
| YEAR | NUMBER | CATEGORY | NAME |
| 2023 | 799 | PRIMARY STARS | JUSTIN MILLER |
| 2023 | 800 | PRIMARY STARS | MORGAN KATNIK |
| 2023 | 801 | PRIMARY STARS | (JOHN) CALVIN OWENS |
| 2023 | 802 | PRIMARY STARS | RUBEN ALCONERO |
| 2024 | 803 | PRIMARY STARS | MIGUEL DURAN |
| 2024 | 804 | PRIMARY STARS | DAN CLARKE |
| 2024 | 805 | PRIMARY STARS | ADAM THOMASON |
| YEAR | NUMBER | CATEGORY | NAME |
| 2023 | 974 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | TIM TAYLOR |
| 2023 | 975 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | DON W HENDRICKSON |
| 2023 | 976 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | TOM HOGAN |
| 2023 | 977 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | JAMES POWELL |
| 2023 | 978 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | MATTHEW SPARKS |
| 2023 | 979 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | DANIEL VASQUEZ-VELEZ |
| 2023 | 980 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | GREG SAVIDGE |
| 2023 | 981 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | JENNIFER WATSON |
| 2023 | 982 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | BEN CARDON |
| 2023 | 983 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | PHILLIPPE SABBAGH |
| 2023 | GLIDER 42 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | A. J. WILDER |
| 2023 | GILDER 43 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | MARK KING |
| 2024 | 984 | SPORTSMAN SMOOTH | MIKO PAWEL |
| YEAR | NUMBER | CATEGORY | NAME |
| 2023 | 1613 | SPORTSMAN STARS | TIM TAYLOR |
| 2023 | 1614 | SPORTSMAN STARS | MORGAN KATNIK |
| 2024 | 1615 | SPORTSMAN STARS | DOUG RINGERING |
| 2024 | 1616 | SPORTSMAN STARS | ANDREW MOERKE |
| 2024 | 1617 | SPORTSMAN STARS | DAN CLARKE |
| 2024 | 1618 | SPORTSMAN STARS | RUBEN ALCONERO |
| 2024 | GLIDER 39 | SPORTSMAN STARS - G | ANDRE GERNER |
| YEAR | NUMBER | CATEGORY | NAME |
| 2023 | 534 | INTERMEDIATE SMOOTH | JAMES POWELL |
| 2023 | 535 | INTERMEDIATE SMOOTH | MATTHEW SPARKS |
| 2024 | 536 | INTERMEDIATE SMOOTH | MIKO PAWEL |
| 2024 | GLIDER 16 | INTERMEDIATE SMOOTH - G | ANDRE GERNER |
| YEAR | NUMBER | CATEGORY | NAME |
| 2024 | 307 | ADVANCED SMOOTH | MIKO PAWEL |
| 2024 | 308 | ADVANCED SMOOTH | MATTHEW SPARKS |
| YEAR | NUMBER | CATEGORY | NAME |
| 2024 | 350 | ADVANCED STARS | BRET DAVENPORT |
| YEAR | NUMBER | CATEGORY | NAME |
| 2024 | GLIDER 4 | UNLIMITED STARS - G | JASON STEPHENS |
| YEAR | NUMBER | CATEGORY | NAME |
| 2024 | 5 | MASTERY OF FLIGHT | CRAIG GIFFORD |
| 2024 | 6 | MASTERY OF FLIGHT | BRITTANEE LINCOLN |
| YEAR | NUMBER | CATEGORY | NAME |
| 2023 | 51 CONTESTS | LIFETIME DEDICATION | WES LIU |
| 2023 | 55 CONTESTS | LIFETIME DEDICATION | RON MANN |
| 2023 | 110 CONTESTS | LIFETIME DEDICATION | DAVE WATSON |
