Page 8 - Desert Lightning News So. AZ Edition News – Year in Review 2023

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DM pilot saved 6 lives, awarded Flying Cross
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Tan
U.S. Air Force Maj. Mark Ross, 66th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Evaluator helicopter pilot,
at right, is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Col. John Creel at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 23, 2023. Ross was award- ed the DFC because of his heroism and extraor- dinary actions in aerial flight during is deploy- ment to Kabul, Afghanistan; He led the last U.S. Air Force HH-60G helicopters out of Afghani- stan, through known Taliban-controlled surface to air weapon systems, on August 29, 2021.
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Family and Readiness Center gets spooky
U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Robert Allen Cooke III Volunteers of the Military Family and Readiness Center hold trick-or- treat buckets at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 25, 2023. The indoor trick-or-treat event was prepared by the Military Family and Readiness Center for an event for families of deployed service members.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Robert Allen Cooke III
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devlin Bishop
Honorary Commander Change of Command 2023
U.S. Air Force Col. John Creel, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) deputy commander, presents a gui- don to Linda Morales, CEO of The Planning Center, signifying her sta- tus as 12th AF honorary command- er at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 12, 2023. Morales had a role in the Tucson community and was a part of the DM50 organization which aimed to make the lives of Airmen at DM better.