Now here is an amazing Airman!

This is from the September 2008 issue of Air Force Magazine:

TSgt. Earl I. Covel, Ranger Joint Terminal Attack Controller, 5th Air Support Operations Squadron (Air Combat Command), Ft. Lewis, Washington, recently received Silver Star for his actions with Army Special Forces unit.

• Executed more than 155 classified missions, supporting 57 assaults and 65 troops-in-contact actions
• Called for close air support that led to capture of 300 insurgents and 200 enemies killed in action
• Set up 170 combat landing zones, five while under intense hostile fire
• Controlled airspace zones supporting some 150 intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance platforms
• Led an eight-member team on 15 combat missions
• Cleared tunnel systems on hands and knees with grenades, killing three insurgents
• Standardized concept-of-fires fallback plan for Special Forces units
• Devised theater-wide procedures for conventional helicopters supporting Special Operations Forces
• Integrated JTACs in USAF Weapons School close air support exercise
• Instructed 90 Special Forces members on CAS operations

These are the kind of guys we are glad to have on OUR side!