Airman earns Bronze Star for supporting airstrikes in Iraq that killed more than 100 enemy fighters
Haley Britzky
Oct 27, 2020 3:37 PM EDT
An airman was awarded the Bronze Star this month for supporting airstrikes in Iraq that led to more than 100 confirmed enemy kills, according to an Air Force news release.
Master Sgt. Joe Rodriguez, a radio frequency transmissions systems noncommissioned officer in charge with the 726th Air Control Squadron, was awarded the medal on Oct. 9 for his actions during a deployment to Al Asad Airbase from Oct. 2019 to June 2020.
Rodriguez was stationed at Al-Asad when Iran retaliated against the U.S. for the death of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani with a ballistic missile attack. The incoming attack on Jan. 8 — which was the first in seven years — sounded like a whistle, Rodriguez said in the release, "just like in the movies."
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