Page 10 2025 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS June/July 2025 Dan Benedict Logan County Veterans Assistance Commission (VAC) Veterans are often referred to as heroes. Logan County is full of these veteran heroes, several of whom have been named a hometown hero in past Lincoln Daily News magazines. Veterans such as Vince Long and Joe Schaler have been granted this honor, and today Dan Benedict will join that list. Benedict is one of the people chosen to be highlighted in this year’s Hometown Heroes magazine, and for good reason. Benedict served in the Air Force for 23 years, achieving the rank of Senior Master Sergeant. He had many notable accomplishments during his time in the service. According to Dan’s military bio, he was “critical in preventing the Space Shuttle Atlantis from colliding with a satellite upon reentering the Earth’s atmosphere.” In addition to this, he helped create a rescue plan to save a downed military pilot, worked with Navy Seals to locate and destroy GPS jammers near the Iraq border, and created the Korean Theater of Operations Electronic Warfare contingency response to North Korea’s artillery shelling of South Korea. Once his time in the service was over, he came home but was not satisfied with his time serving being finished. Benedict stated, Continue --
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