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AF Reserve Command announces 2012 Airfield Operations Awards

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Air Force Reserve Command announced its 2012 Airfield Operations Award winners April 1.

The winners are:

Unit Award:
Airfield Management Facility of the Year: 934th Operations Group, Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn.

Airfield Operations Flight Complex of the Year: 440th Operations Support Squadron/OSAW, Pope Field, N.C.

D. Ray Harding Air Traffic Control Facility of the Year: 452nd Operations Support Squadron/OSAT, March Air Reserve Base, Calif.


Individual Awards:
Col. Derrel L. Dempsey Airfield Operations Officer of the Year: Richard Holtzmand, Pope Field, N.C.

Air Traffic Control Manager of the Year: Bernard Blackburn, Pope Field, N.C.

Air Traffic Control Watch Supervisor of the Year: Raymond Stone, Pope Field, N.C.

Airfield Management Craftsman of the Year: David Edge, Pope Field, N.C.

Airfield Management journeyman of the Year: Jacqlyn Dutes, Pope Field,  N.C.

Air Traffic Controller of the Year: Robert Buford, Dobbins ARB, Ga.

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