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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Senior Airman Kristina Zacherl was named the 2010 Air Mobility Command Airman of the Year during the command’s OAY banquet at Scott AFB on April 1.
Zacherl is an air traffic controller 6th Operations Support Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. She is currently deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn.
According to her award information, in 2010 while supporting Operation Unified Response, Zacherl “expedited traffic for 70 sorties moving more than 290 tons of supplies providing hope and assistance to more than 3 million Haitians.”
According to her biography, Zacherl is a native of Philadelphia and joined the Air Force in 2007. She fulfilled a year commitment as a base honor guard member and obtained her Community College of the Air Force associates degree in air traffic operations and management in June 2010.
Zacherl also won her squadron’s airman of the quarter award four times and was selected as the 6th Operations Group Airman of the Year, the biography shows.
She attended airman Leadership School in November 2010 and received the John Levitow Award -- the top award -- for her scholastic success and leadership values.
Zacherl is the recipient of the Air Force Achievement Medal and is recognized by her co-workers and leaders for “her hard work and dedication.”
In a March 2011 message from Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., AMC commander, he noted the “competition this year was fierce” to determine AMC’s winners.
“All of the candidates demonstrated tremendous leadership and dedication,” Johns said in the message. “Please accept my sincere congratulations to the nominees, and thanks to all the mobility Airmen for making a positive difference around the world and across the entire spectrum of operations.
“Thank you to all of our mobility airmen,” Johns also said in the message. “Your commitment, initiative and leadership are making a difference around the world. Congratulations again to our finalists, and my best wishes for your continued success.”
Zacherl will now compete at Air Force level.
| Date Taken: | 04.07.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 04.07.2011 16:04 |
| Story ID: | 68423 |
| Location: | SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IL, US |
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