Pilot honored for gutsy landing
Capt. Andreas H. Ix of the 97th Air Mobility Wing earned the 2005 Kolligian Trophy for safe flying.
He was flying a low-level training mission in a C-17 when the plane hit a red-tailed hawk. The impact disintegrated the jet's nose radome, the sensors for the flight controls were damaged as well.
Working with the rest of the crew, he was able to land the aircraft safely.
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