Air Commando awarded Purple Heart

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Travis Dalton, a combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, shakes hands with Col. David Buldoc, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan commander, after receiving the Purple Heart at Craig Joint Theater Hospital here May 10. Sergeant Dalton was wounded in his right arm, hamstrings and buttocks May 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near him during a dismounted combat patrol in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. (Courtesy photo)

Kadena Airmen awarded medals for courage

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Brig. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, 18th Wing commander, pins the Air Force Commendation Medal on Staff Sgt. Abraham Forehand, a combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, during a ceremony here April 26. Sergeant Forehand and Staff Sgt. Aaron Sanders, from the 31st Rescue Squadron, received the Air Force Commendation Medal for pulling a man pinned under an automobile after an off-base accident March 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jarvie Wallace)

Combat controller awarded three medals for heroism

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Jeremy King (right), a combat controller with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, salutes Col. Robert Toth, the 353rd Special Operations Group commander, after receiving the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Air Force Combat Action medals during a ceremony here April 16. Sergeant King earned the medals while deployed supporting operations in Afghanistan. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

Air commandos hone skills during mass casualty scenario

DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron discuss casualty information during a mass casualty exercise here March 27. The scenario is part of the 353rd Special Operations Group’s annual operational readiness exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

Air commandos hone skills during mass casualty scenario

DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Tech. Sgt. Michael Charvat, a combat controller from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, drags a simulated wounded soldier to the casualty collection point using a sked stretcher during a mass casualty exercise here March 27. The scenario is part of the 353rd Special Operations Group’s annual operational readiness exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

Air commandos hone skills during mass casualty scenario

DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Senior Airman David Craig, a pararescueman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, lifts a simulated wounded soldier to take him to the casualty collection point during a mass casualty exercise here March 27. The scenario is part of the 353rd Special Operations Group’s annual operational readiness exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)