{"id":80655,"date":"2018-07-18T11:01:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T15:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80655"},"modified":"2018-07-18T11:01:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T15:01:31","slug":"b1b-crew-earn-distinguished-flying-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80655","title":{"rendered":"B1B crew earn Distinguished Flying Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2-BIT sends us a link to the story<\/a> of a Dyess Air Force Base B1B crew when their aircraft caught fire and their ejection seats failed over the Texas desert.<\/p>\n

When the first crew ejection seat failed to leave the plane successfully, the aircraft commander ordered the crew to immediately stop the escape procedure and managed to fly the damaged and burning aircraft with a crew hatch missing and the cockpit open to the surrounding wind blast to the Midland Air and Space Port near Odessa, Texas where the crew made a successful emergency landing.<\/p>\n

Last week at Dyess Air Force Base, the Air Force Global Strike Command commander formally recognized the heroism and extraordinary aerial achievement of that B-1B Lancer aircrew. The quick-thinking actions of the aircrew resulted in the first-ever successful emergency landing of a B-1B experiencing this series of serious malfunctions.<\/p>\n

USAF General Robin Rand, Commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command at Barksdale AFB awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross medal to B-1B crewmembers Major Christopher N. Duhon, Air Forces Strategic \u2013 Operations Division chief of future operations at Barksdale AFB, and an instructor pilot with duties at the 28th Bomb Squadron; Captain Matthew Sutton, 28th BS weapon systems officer instructor; 1st Lieutenant Joseph Welch, 28th BS student pilot; and 1st Lieutenant Thomas C. Ahearn, then 28th BS student weapon systems officer who has since completed training and is currently assigned to the 37th BS, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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