AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Peacetime Rescue
MODEL:  Save 30

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Kenneth R. Rees, Jr., for heroism while participating in aerial flight as a Detachment Helicopter Pilot at Zaragoza, Spain on 12 July 1979. On that date, Captain Rees was the Aircraft Commander of Save 30, which responded to a fire at the Hotel Corona de Aragon, the city's largest hotel. Captain Rees, at great personal risk, was directly responsible for rescuing two men from the burning building. The outstanding heroism and selfless devotion to duty displayed by Captain Rees reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.