12 FTW IG presented Air Medal and Bronze Star
Lt. Col. John Melloy, 12th Flying Training Wing Inspector General, was presented the Air Medal and Bronze Start Feb. 4, 2012 for meritorious achievement during a recent deployment as the Commander of the 321st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron in Baghdad, Iraq. While deployed, Mellow commanded the King Air 350 and C-130E advisory squadron, executing more than thirteen hundred combat sorties, through thirty-five hundred mishap-free flight hours, overcoming the constant threat of surface to air attacks and further the United States' goal of a stable Iraq. (Courtesy Photo)