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Thursday, April 12, 2012

HERO IN AFGHANISTAN WILL RECEIVE AIR FORCE CROSS


FROM:  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
April 10, 2012
Special Tactics Officer to be Presented Air Force Cross

            Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz will present the Air Force Cross to Capt. Barry F. Crawford Jr., during a ceremony at the Hall of Heroes, Pentagon, April 12, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. EDT. 
            Crawford is receiving the award of the Air Force Cross for taking decisive action to save the lives of three wounded Afghan soldiers and evacuate two Afghan soldiers killed in action.
            Crawford will be available to media for on-camera interviews in the Pentagon's small television studio (2E963) on Wednesday, April 11, from 8 a.m. to noon.  Additionally, there will be a media roundtable scheduled on April 11 at 1 p.m. in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room (2E973).