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2020-03-03 -Land of the Free
Crew of gunship 'Spooky 41' awarded medals after raining fire on ISIS militants for NINE hours
(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 2020-03-03 04:11|| || Front Page|| [14 views ]  Top
 File under: Islamic State 

#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||   2020-03-03 06:51|| Front Page Top

#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||   2020-03-03 07:17|| Front Page Top

#3 AIR FORCE!!!
Posted by Sonny Black 2020-03-03 10:09||   2020-03-03 10:09|| Front Page Top

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










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