{"id":41783,"date":"2024-10-11T16:45:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/11\/three-airmen-who-survived-tower-22-attack-receive-purple-heart\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:25:42","slug":"three-airmen-who-survived-tower-22-attack-receive-purple-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/10\/11\/three-airmen-who-survived-tower-22-attack-receive-purple-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Three airmen who survived Tower 22 attack receive Purple Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three service members received the Purple Heart earlier this month for injuries sustained during a Jan. 28 drone attack in Jordan, according<\/a> to the Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Byrne, Senior Airman Herland Antezana and Staff Sgt. Dustin Dinkelacker, all with the 129th Rescue Wing, were presented the honor on Oct. 5 at Moffett Air National Guard Base in California, where they\u2019re stationed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also received the The Air and Space Commendation Medal for aiding their injured comrades after the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All told, 38 National Guard members have received Purple Hearts for injuries sustained during the Tower 22 attack, according to a spokesperson for the National Guard Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Army Reserve soldiers were killed and 41 Guardsmen were injured during the attack, which the US attributed to Iran-backed militias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That evening, the attack knocked each of the airmen unconscious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After they came to, they began banging on doors to warn others at the base of another possible attack, according to the Air Force. They retreated to the safety of a bunker, helped administer medical assistance to service members in need and coordinated the evacuation of deceased service members.<\/p>\n\n\n\t