An HC-130P and two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters with pararescuemen from the 23rd Wing at Moody AFB, Ga., last week rescued an individual from the Gulf of Mexico, 60 miles off the Florida coast. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall AFB, Fla., tapped the 23rd after initial searches came up empty following report of a missing boat with two passengers, reports Capt. Dustin Hart. The boat had been last seen on the Steinhatchee River in Florida. Within four hours of their search, the 23rd Wing crews spotted an individual in the Gulf with the stranded boat.
Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Mike Minihan awarded 51 Distinguished Flying Cross awards at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 21—one of the largest DFC ceremonies in recent history. All of the awards were given to Airmen who participated in Operation Allies Refuge, the noncombatant evacuation out of Kabul, Afghanistan,…