“To the maintainers, the ops team, the intel professionals, the logisticians who launched those jets – make no mistake. Valor like this is forged by the formation. These six were the tip of the spear, but the spear was sharpened by every one of you, that’s what readiness looks like.” Source: Part of the narrative offered by Gen. Adrian Spain, commander of Air Combat Command, who presented Lt. Col. Christopher M. Beckett, F-16 pilot and 55th Fighter Squadron commander, with the DFC and presided over the ceremony and recognized the honorees for their dedication to duty. Their mission involved high-risk flights into heavily defended airspace.
