Technical sergeant awarded Air Force Combat Action Medal

2/22/2013 - Tech. Sgt. John Fender, 90th Missile Wing Plans and Programs, and Barry Kistler, 90th MW director of staff, hold Fender’s Air Force Combat Action Medal citation Feb. 14 in the Wing Conference Room on F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. Fender was awarded the AFCAM for “active participation in combat, having been under direct and hostile fire or physically engaging hostile forces with direct and lethal fire, in connection with military operations.” Fender’s actions were in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from Aug. 14, 2004 to March 6, 2005. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Torri Savarese)