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Crews of Shadow77 and 78, 73d Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron, Joint Special Operation Air Component-Central receive Mackay Trophy 2021 awards for their support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, which provided close-air support for 2,000 American evacuating the embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021. The awards ceremony took place in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wirght-Patterson Air Force base on Dec. 12, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)