{"id":42258,"date":"2024-05-21T21:35:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T21:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/21\/airmen-killed-in-2010-osprey-crash-receive-distinguished-flying-cross\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:22:54","slug":"airmen-killed-in-2010-osprey-crash-receive-distinguished-flying-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/05\/21\/airmen-killed-in-2010-osprey-crash-receive-distinguished-flying-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Airmen killed in 2010 Osprey crash receive Distinguished Flying Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two special operations airmen have received one of the military\u2019s top honors for airborne heroism over a decade after they died in a crash-landing in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Randell Voas, the pilot and flight lead of a CV-22 Osprey, and Senior Master Sgt. James Lackey, the aircraft\u2019s flight engineer, were flying a combat mission near Qalat, Afghanistan on April 9, 2010, when a mechanical failure forced the crew to attempt an emergency landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though Voas and Lackey\u2019s expertise in bringing the Osprey down saved the lives of 16 passengers onboard, including two fellow crew members, the pair died in the crash alongside an Army Ranger and a civilian interpreter.<\/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\/2024\/03\/12\/osprey-pilot-flight-engineer-to-earn-posthumous-awards-for-2010-crash\/\" 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=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/100410-F-6557Z-022.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\">Osprey pilot, flight engineer to earn posthumous awards for 2010 crash<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Two airmen will posthumously receive the Distinguished Flying Cross nearly 14 years after the CV-22 Osprey they were flying crashed in Afghanistan.<\/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\">Fourteen years later, Air Force special operations boss Lt. 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Lackey also received a DFC in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the ceremony, Bauernfeind sang the praises of what he described as \u201ctwo giants\u201d of the Air Force\u2019s past who provided \u201cselfless service to their nation.\u201d He spoke of their professionalism, bravery, and gallantry as Voas and Lackey made the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are loved, greatly missed, and will never be forgotten,\u201d Bauernfeind said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Lackey, 45, realized the massive tiltrotor aircraft had suffered a mechanical failure, he made a split-second assessment of its systems and dumped fuel to reduce the weight onboard, according to his award citation. He made sure the landing gear was down and the fuel dump terminated before the Osprey crash-landed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For his part, Voas, 43, was able to slow the Osprey\u2019s descent enough to decide which part of the sand below would provide the least catastrophic touchdown. As they approached the ground, he executed a rolling landing in an attempt to reduce the severity of the impact, his award citation said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nose gear collapsed as it made contact with the sand. The Osprey\u2019s massive wings and tail were severed as it hit a ditch, tumbled and caught fire. Four of the 20 onboard died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afjag.af.mil\/Portals\/77\/AIB-Reports\/2010\/100409-AFSOC-Qalat_Afghanistan-CV-22-GAIB%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force investigation<\/a> concluded that several equipment and personnel problems had coalesced to cause the aircraft\u2019s fatal descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the efforts of both airmen greatly reduced the potential loss of life, the Air Force said. More details about their actions came to light years later, prompting the service to review whether the incident was deserving of military honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their \u201csuperior airmanship \u2026 undoubtedly saved the lives of the remaining two crew members and 14 Army Rangers,\u201d the Air Force said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Force bestowed the Distinguished Flying Cross on two special operations airmen who died in an Osprey&#8217;s 2010 crash-landing in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":76784,"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","newsletters"],"primary_category":"your-military"}}},"categories":[101,16,26,67],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3401],"class_list":["post-42258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-air-force"],"acf":{"subheadline":"The pilot and flight engineer saved 16 passengers during an emergency landing that cost them their lives. 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