43rd Airlift Wing Pope AFB, North Carolina Serial #1821 Air Force Challenge Coin Marine Flying Monsoor had previously been awarded

Monsoor had previously been awarded the Silver Star in May for rescuing an injured comrade in the city

After being challenged significantly maybe twice in the battlefield

United Kingdom

11/16 x 3 inch Navy Challenge Coin

43rd Airlift Wing Pope AFB, North Carolina Serial #1821 Air Force Challenge Coin Marine Flying Monsoor had previously been awardedThis coin is 2 inches in diameter. America's first call for combat airlift. We put the "Air" in "Airborne." The 43rd Airlift Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit last stationed at Pope Field, part of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where it was inactivated in March 2011. The wing performed en route operations support at Pope Field to include mission command & control, aircrew management, aircraft maintenance, aircraft loading, aircraft fueling