Family and Kirtland personnel applaud during the Distinguished Flying Cross medal ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 13. The medal was awarded to MSgt. Gregory Gibbs, 512th Rescue Squadron operations superintendent, whose split decision making skills during a 2011 rescue mission in Afghanistan saved not only the three soldiers trapped, but the crew flying Pedro 55.

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