33rd RQS aircrew awarded DFC
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyson Reams, 33rd Rescue Squadron flight engineer, is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross medal by U.S. Air Force Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle, Pacific Air Forces commander, on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29, 2012. Reams distinguished himself by heroism while deployed to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan in 2010. Reams flew two mass casualty evacuation missions in support of a coalition operation in the Watapur Valley, Afghanistan. For more than nine hours, Reams provided accurate power calculations in high altitude landing zones along with a steadily increasing number of wounded troops. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Malia Jenkins)