92nd ARW Airmen receive top awards
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. – Col. Robert Thomas, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. David Nordel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing command chief, pose with a Bronze Star Medal certificate signifying the command chief’s meritorious achievement while forward deployed to a combat environment. The command chief received the medal for his service in Operation Iraqi Freedom January – July 2008, where he served as superintendant of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group and the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing as a catalyst for 2,132 combat-related trauma resuscitations, 1,516 intensive care admissions, and 2,732 air evacuation missions. (U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Melissa L. Barnett)