The following Team Little Rock members received Air Mobility Command or Air Education and Training Command awards for their outstanding accomplishments and professional achievements supporting C-130 Combat Airlift.
Senior Airman Jacqueline Kupetz, 62nd Airlift Squadron, was named the AETC 2009 Staff Sgt. Henry E. “Red” Erwin Outstanding Career Enlisted Aviator of the Year in the Airman Category.
Staff Sgt. Chris Willis, 19th Airlift Wing, won first place in the 2009 AMC Media Contest with a photograph submitted for the feature photography category.
Tech. Sgt. Wendi Wallace, 50th Airlift Squadron, was named the 2009 AMC Flight Safety NCO of the Year.
Virgil Moore, 19th OSS, received the 2009 AMC Airfield Management Training Achievement Award.
The crew of Arrow 96, 48th Airlift Squadron, was selected to receive the AETC Lieutenant General William H. Tunner Award.
The crew members were: Maj. James McAlevey, 314th Operations Group standardization and evaluation pilot; Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. David Snow, student pilot; Master Sgt. Patrick Carter, 714th Training Squadron, NCO-in-charge student training instructor loadmaster; and Airman 1st Class James Year, 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein, Germany. According to Col. C. K. Hyde, 314th Airlift Wing commander, Major McAlevey and his crew demonstrated the highest qualities of airmanship and leadership during an in-flight emergency.
The 19th Security Forces Squadron was named AMC Outstanding Security Forces Medium Unit for 2009. The 19th SFS has a diverse force makeup consisting of active duty, civilian guards, Department of the Air Force officers and Air Force Reserve component volunteer’s. Security forces members performed a wide range of duties in 2009 including close precision engagement, K-9 patrols, convoys, detainee operations, aircraft protection, Afghan and Iraq police training and presidential support.
(From compiled reports)
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