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-Land of the Free
Crew of gunship 'Spooky 41' awarded medals after raining fire on ISIS militants for NINE hours
2020-03-03
(Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Aircrew of the AC-130U gunship 'Spooky 41' with Hurlburt Field's 4th Special Operations Squadron were honored at the military facility in Fort Walton Beach

  • The 14-man crew received two Distinguished Flying Crosses and 12 Air Medals for for providing nine hours of fire support

  • Crew helped U.S. and coalition forces during April 2019 mission in Afghanistan

  • While allied forces battled ISIS on the ground, the crew of Spooky 41 helped to ensure the safe evacuation by helicopter of 15 injured ground personnel

  • DFCs are awarded for 'Heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight'
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  ^^^^^^^
You misspelled farce.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2020-03-03 18:20  

#3  AIR FORCE!!!
Posted by: Sonny Black   2020-03-03 10:09  

#2  When you go to the DFC’s Wikipedia page and review recipients and their actions the pilots and the enlisted men were probably awarded the correct medal.
Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442   2020-03-03 07:17  

#1  Different medals for different ranks. Just like the PCS awards (remember the little gold stars from elementary school?).

- for the civie types - PCS, permanent change of station, basically good attendance record given at the end of an assignment. Heaven forbid you try to give a troop an impact award no matter how critical he was in making something happen.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-03-03 06:51  

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