2 Shaw airmen honored for saving 88 lives

BY KAYLA ROBINS
kayla@theitem.com
Posted 6/10/18

In an hours-long firefight in Afghanistan where two American soldiers were killed in the offset, the remaining 88 American and coalition troops credit their lives to two Shaw Air Force Base F-16 fighter pilots.

Capts. John J. Nygard and Salvador …

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