Urbandale resident is only the second nurse to receive the aerial armed forces award

On Air Now Playing IPR News On Air Now Playing IPR Classical On Air Now Playing IPR Studio One Urbandale resident Maj. Katie Lunning is a Minnesota...

January 20, 2023
8:16 PM

On Air Now Playing IPR News On Air Now Playing IPR Classical On Air Now Playing IPR Studio One Urbandale resident Maj. Katie Lunning is a Minnesota Air National Guard air transport nurse and Intensive Care Unit nurse manager at the Central Iowa VA Health Care System.Lunning was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross this month in Saint Paul, Minnesota for her exemplary service during a six-month tour based in Qatar in July 2021. As a member of a Critical Care Air Transport Team, Lunning worked around the clock to evacuate more than 20 patients following the suicide bombing on August 26, 2021, that killed more than 160 civilians and 13 American service members at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.

Ben Kieffer