In Service of Peace and Freedom
Szöveg: honvedelem.hu | 2012. december 3. 17:00Drawing from the personnel of the Allied Headquarters Air Command (HQ AC) Izmir (Turkey) and the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC-5) (Italy), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) formed the Combined Forces Air Component (CFAC) on March 22, 2011 in support of Operation Unified Protector in Libya.
Col. Pál Szűcs, Lt.-Col. Attila Varga, Lt.-Col. Zsolt Plopp and Maj. Tibor Matyi – four Hungarian officers on permanent duty on the staff of HQ AC Izmir – assumed a significant role in the exploitation of the success of Operation Unified Protector, serving in responsible positions right from the initial phase of planning until the end of the operations.
“In Service of Peace and Freedom" – reads the inscription on the Non-Article 5 medal for participation in crisis response operations, which is awarded by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
At a medal parade held on November 23, Lt.-Gen. Ralph J. Jodice II, the commander of HQ AC Izmir presented the decorations to Col. Pál Szűcs, Lt.-Col. Attila Varga and Lt.-Col. Zsolt Plopp. Maj. Tibor Matyi will receive the medal on a later occasion.
