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Three 436th SFS Ravens awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

U.S. Air Force Col. Justin Longmire, left, 436th Airlift Wing deputy commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Carolyn Russell, right, 436th AW command chief, stand with Tech. Sgt. Jason Bell, second left; Staff Sgt. John De La Cruz, center; and Senior Airman Shaun Jones, second right, all 436th Security Forces Squadron Phoenix Ravens, at the base theater on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 5, 2024. Longmire presented each Raven with the Distinguished Flying Cross with “C” device for their actions in support of Operation ALLIES REFUGE, August 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Three 436th SFS Ravens awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Bell, right, 436th Security Forces Squadron Phoenix Raven, is presented the Distinguished Flying Cross with “C” device, by Col. Justin Longmire, 436th Airlift Wing deputy commander, at the base theater on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 5, 2024. Under hostile conditions, Bell distinguished himself for actions he took by securing the area, the loading of U.S. personnel and their highly sensitive equipment after landing at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2021. His leadership, courage and decisiveness contributed to the culmination of Operation ALLIES REFUGE which ultimately airlifted 124,000 individuals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Three 436th SFS Ravens awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John De La Cruz, right, 436th Security Forces Squadron Phoenix Raven, is presented the Distinguished Flying Cross with “C” device, by Col. Justin Longmire, 436th Airlift Wing deputy commander, at the base theater on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 5, 2024. On Aug. 15, 2021, De La Cruz was a Phoenix Raven aboard a C-17A Globemaster III noncombatant evacuation mission at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ALLIES REFUGE and was personally exposed to significant risk as the airfield's security perimeter breach placed him and the aircraft under constant threat of small arms fire and mobs of Afghan civilians desperate for escape. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Three 436th SFS Ravens awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shaun Jones, right, 436th Security Forces Squadron Phoenix Raven, is presented the Distinguished Flying Cross with “C” device, by Col. Justin Longmire, 436th Airlift Wing deputy commander, at the base theater on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 5, 2024. On Aug. 15, 2021, Jones was a Phoenix Raven aboard a C-17A Globemaster III noncombatant evacuation mission at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ALLIES REFUGE, where he was personally exposed to significant risk as the airfield's security perimeter breach placed him and the aircraft under constant threat of small arms fire and mobs of Afghan civilians desperate for escape. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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