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71st Operations Squadron

Kirtland Airmen Receive DFCs, Bronze Star for Roles in Al-Asad Missile Attack

Nov. 9, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
Two special operations CV-22 Osprey pilots and a special missions aviator on Nov. 3 received valor awards for evacuating forces before and after the Jan. 7 Iranian ballistic missile attack on al-Asad Air Base, Iraq. The attack, which came in response to the U.S. killing ...

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