Geneva, Ala. native Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Ezell (right), an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter pilot for 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, salutes Brig. Gen. Frederick Rudesheim (left), the deputy commanding general (support) for the 1st Cav. Div., after receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross, May 22. Ezell was awarded the DFC, the highest aviation-specific award, for his valorous actions during an engagement in Baghdad, Iraq, April 10, 2007.