{"id":39771,"date":"2023-12-21T22:51:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T22:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/12\/21\/kabul-evacuation-yields-awards-for-hundreds-more-mobility-airmen\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:19:44","slug":"kabul-evacuation-yields-awards-for-hundreds-more-mobility-airmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/12\/21\/kabul-evacuation-yields-awards-for-hundreds-more-mobility-airmen\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabul evacuation yields awards for hundreds more mobility airmen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another batch of nearly 300 airmen will receive military awards for their actions during Operation Allies Refuge, the U.S.-led evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan in 2021, the Air Force announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest round of medals includes 12 Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Pentagon\u2019s highest award for extraordinary aerial achievement; four Bronze Stars, including one with a device signifying valor; 208 Air Medals, for especially noteworthy acts in flight; and 73 Meritorious Service Medals, for heroism or similarly significant accomplishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/11\/08\/hundreds-more-airmen-to-receive-medals-for-roles-in-kabul-evacuation\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23181675665623.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Hundreds more airmen to receive medals for roles in Kabul evacuation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The announcement marks the largest batch of awards to date for the airmen who participated in Operation Allies Refuge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the decorations denote involvement in combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The awards honor the airmen\u2019s \u201chighest-caliber bravery and tenacity\u201d during the largest evacuation of noncombatants in Air Force history, spokesperson 1st Lt. Peyton Craven said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allies Refuge rushed to evacuate more than 124,000 American and Afghan citizens from Afghanistan in a matter of weeks as the Taliban returned to power after almost two decades at war with the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial awards focused on the contributions of pilots and other aviators; later rounds have aimed to recognize airmen outside the cockpit. The newest group of recipients spans the aircraft maintainers, loadmasters, elite security forces known as \u201cRavens,\u201d aeromedical evacuation personnel and tanker aircrews whose support made Allies Refuge possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/10\/24\/hundreds-more-airmen-to-receive-military-awards-for-kabul-evacuation\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21235469399149.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Hundreds more airmen to receive military awards for Kabul evacuation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force will hand out 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 12 Bronze Stars starting in November.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acknowledgement of their \u201cheroic feats\u201d is long overdue, Air Mobility Command boss Gen. 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It\u2019s unclear how many more airmen have received honors in connection with the operation because those decisions are spread across multiple organizations, the service said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/09\/11\/four-star-to-push-for-top-unit-award-for-airmen-involved-in-kabul-evac\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minihan has promised<\/a> to pursue additional top-level honors, like the Presidential Unit Citation, for mobility crews who were left out of earlier nomination packages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The awards honor the airmen\u2019s \u201chighest-caliber bravery and tenacity\u201d during the largest evacuation of noncombatants in Air Force history, the service said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":72237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":67,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news","home"],"primary_category":"your-military"}}},"categories":[101,24,16,26,67],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3392],"class_list":["post-39771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-air-force"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"NH7ZL35JDJB4JMEOLYXVBGJJII","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/12\/21\/kabul-evacuation-yields-awards-for-hundreds-more-mobility-airmen\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kabul evacuation yields awards for hundreds more mobility airmen - Air Force TImes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The awards honor the airmen\u2019s \u201chighest-caliber bravery and tenacity\u201d during the largest evacuation of noncombatants in Air Force history, the service said.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kabul evacuation yields awards for hundreds more mobility airmen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The awards honor the airmen\u2019s \u201chighest-caliber bravery and tenacity\u201d during the largest evacuation of noncombatants in Air Force history, the service said.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/12\/21\/kabul-evacuation-yields-awards-for-hundreds-more-mobility-airmen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Air Force TImes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-21T22:51:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T21:19:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rachel S. 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