USAF Capt. Nathan Nylande was awarded the Silver Star posthumously for his actions against a rampaging Afghan pilot on Apr. 27.
Nylander was in an adjoining conference room when an Afghan Air Force pilot entered the air command and control center at Kabul International Airport and opened fire.
Nylander choose to stay behind and evacuate the wounded and fire back at the gunman. He was fatally shot when he tried to flee the building.