Warrant officers in the new role will work to make sure insights derived from battlefield data are shared with other services and foreign forces.
"I found a spot in the clouds [where] I could see the ground, and then we basically dove," Maj. Mark Ross said of the evacuation.
NATO policing of its airspace has ramped up since the Russian invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago.
Capt. Carlos Mendoza and Staff Sgt. Morgan Reed received the medals Nov. 9.
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