Capt. Barry Crawford Awarded Air Force Cross for Heroism in Afghanistan

摘要

Capt. Barry F.Crawford Jr., an Air Force Special Operations Command special tactics officer, was on April 12 awarded the Air Force Cross-the second highest honor for valor in combat-for his "extraordinary heroism, superb airmanship, and aggressiveness in the face of the enemy." His heroic actions took place in Laghman province, Afghanistan, on May 4, 2010.rnChief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz presented Crawford with the award during a ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.rnThat May, Crawford was working with an Army Special Forces detachment and Afghan partners. Their operation was part of a larger plan to work with International Security Assistance Forces to re-establish control of a completely denied area east of Kabul that coalition forces had not been able to operate in for some time.