VA nurse awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, second in history

Intensive Care Unit Nurse Manager at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System and Minnesota Air National Guard air transport nurse, Maj. Katie Lunning, with the 133rd Airlift Wing, stands in the Des Moines, Iowa, VA Clinic. Lunning is set to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross January 7 at the 133rd Maintenance Group North Hangar in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and will be the second nurse ever presented the award. (Courtesy photo)