A U.S. Air Force crew that evacuated refugees from Afghanistan last year will be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for helping deliver a baby during one such flight.
, which is given for acts of heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial operations, for their efforts in a ceremony Monday, part of a backlog of awards for servicemembers who took part in the final days of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. "Make no mistake, we should have done this last year immediately after the operation, and I recognize our airmen's frustration with the process," Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, head of Air Mobility Command, said in a statement."We're making that right, and we've worked with our partners across the Air Force to ensure AMC is able to swiftly and effectively recognize our mobility warriors.
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