Wendy Smith, an air traffic controller at Kirtland
Summary
Wendy Smith, an air traffic controller at Kirtland AFB, N.M., received a coin Jan. 8, 2021, from Lt. Col. Brett Cassidy, 71st Special Operations Squadron commander. For her actions Nov. 10, 2020, Smith is credited with preventing a "catastrophic failure" of a CV-22 that could have claimed the lives of the six crew members aboard and possibly destroyed a $90 million aircraft.
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air traffic control
cv 22
kirtland afb
faa
71st sos
john cochran
377th air base wing public affairs
albuquerque
air traffic controller at kirtland afb awarded coin for cv 22 save
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Date
08/01/2021
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