Land at your own risk: Air Guardsmen honored for valor during Operation Allies Refuge

06.06.2022 19:30

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Land at your own risk: Air Guardsmen honored for valor during Operation Allies Refuge

The crew of seven Airmen from the 105th Airlift Wing, New York National Guard, earned the Meritorious Service Medal for a successful completion of their military transport airlift mission at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, when Taliban forces took over the capital city.

New York National Guard Airmen with the 105th Airlift Wing were recognized with the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with valor at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., June 4, 2022. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, National Guard Bureau chief, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, Air National Guard director, praised the Airmen for their heroic actions flying a C-17 Globemaster III into Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, as Taliban forces took the capital city in August 2021. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Terrence Clyburn)