The U.S. Air Force crew who helped deliver a baby on an Afghanistan evacuation flight last year is set to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

"We are proud of the accomplishments of the dedicated crew and thankful that they are being recognized in such a distinctive way," 315th Airlift Wing Commander Col. John F. Robinson said in a statement, according to a Military.com report last week.

Capt. Dennis Conner, Capt. Leslie Green, Lt. Col. Wesley Adams and Tech. Sgt. Leah Schmidt were members of a C-17 Globemaster crew conducting evacuation flights rom Afghanistan during last year's chaotic withdrawal when a woman onboard went into labor. Green, an Air Force flight nurse, sprung into action to assist the woman in giving birth.

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"The baby was perfect! ... a little bit small; it definitely didn't make it full term, but it came out crying," Green said in a press release after the birth. "She [the baby] seemed to be doing well in this world."

Adams, one of the pilots on the plane, credited Connor for making a smooth landing after the mid-air delivery.

"Someone said, 'We took off with 270 children, and we landed with 271," Adams said in a press release.

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Now the crew will be receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross, which is given for acts of heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial operations, for their efforts in a ceremony Monday, part of a backlog of awards that need to be awarded to service members who took part in the final days of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

"Make no mistake, we should have done this last year immediately after the operation, and I recognize our airmen's frustration with the process," Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, head of Air Mobility Command, said in a statement. "We're making that right, and we've worked with our partners across the Air Force to ensure AMC is able to swiftly and effectively recognize our mobility warriors."

The mayor of Colorado Springs said Monday that the LGBTQ nightclub shooting that left five dead "has all the trappings of a hate crime." 

Mayor John Suthers made the comment on NBC’s "Today" Show as law enforcement is still trying to figure out why Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, allegedly walked into Club Q just before midnight Saturday and started opening fire, injuring 25 others as well. 

"We need to look at social media. We need to look at all kinds of other information that we are gathering from people that knew the individual before we make any definitive conclusions about a motivation but it certainly as I say has the trappings of a hate crime," Suthers said. 

Aldrich had previously been arrested in June 2021 for making multiple bomb threats and refusing to surrender to police. 

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Police received reports from Aldrich's mother on June 18, 2021, stating that Aldrich was "threatening to cause harm to her with a homemade bomb, multiple weapons, and ammunition," according to the El Paso Sheriff's Department. 

"Unfortunately, under Colorado law, we are unable to comment upon any other interactions with law enforcement at this time," Suthers said Monday.

"I think the district attorney will be filing some motions in court today that will allow law enforcement to talk more about any criminal history that this individual might have," he added. 

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Suthers also hailed the "incredible act of heroism" by two people at the nightclub who subdued the gunman.

"The police get a dispatch at 11:57, they arrive at 12 and by 12:02 the perpetrator is subdued," Suthers told NBC. "And that is largely because two – but primarily one as I understand it – are able to take a handgun that he has got in his possession, take it away from him, and use that weapon not by shooting it but by hitting him and disabling him." 

"When you look at this in the time frame, that act probably saved a lot of lives," he added. "There is no question about that." 

Suthers said his community is now in mourning, but "we are a community that is determined to make sure that the actions of a lone gunman don’t define our community." 

Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.