Major Brett DeVries reflects on the events that caused him to earn the Distinguished Flying Cross, presented to him by Secretary Barbara M. Barrett, the 25th Secretary of the Air Force, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Nov. 6, 2020. The Secretary visited to Selfridge to award the Distinguished Flying Cross to DeVries for superior aerial achievement for successfully landing a damaged A-10 during a 2017 training flight over northern Michigan. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Terry L. Atwell)