Airman awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement U.S. Air Force Logo Sept. 10, 2024 240906-F-GK375-1056 U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Parker, 86th Medical Squadron surgical services superintendent, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross from U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Adrienne L. Williams, 86th Airlift Wing commander, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, Sept. 6, 2024. Parker distinguished himself as a critical care air transport team cardiopulmonary technician during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, acting in response to a mass casualty evacuation operation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan on August 27, 2021. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett) Details Download 240906-F-GK375-1045 U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Adrienne L. Williams, 86th Airlift Wing commander, presents U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Parker, 86th Medical Squadron surgical services superintendent, with the Distinguished Flying Cross at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, Sept. 6, 2024. Parker’s critical care expertise was pivotal to the safe transportation of 11 multi-national and joint service members, including three ventilated critical care patients, eight non-critical patients and five attendants to higher echelons of care, all while acting in response to a mass casualty evacuation operation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, on August 27, 2021. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett) Details Download 240906-F-GK375-1026 U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Adrienne L. Williams, 86th Airlift Wing commander, speaks during a Distinguished Flying Cross presentation for U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Parker, 86th Medical Squadron surgical services superintendent, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, Sept. 6, 2024. Parker distinguished himself as a critical care air transport team cardiopulmonary technician during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, acting in response to a mass casualty evacuation operation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan on August 27, 2021. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett) Details Download 240906-F-GK375-1084 U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Parker, 86th Medical Squadron surgical services superintendent, gives a speech after receiving a Distinguished Flying Cross from U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Adrienne L. Williams, 86th Airlift Wing commander, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, Sept. 6, 2024. Parker’s critical care expertise was pivotal to the safe transportation of 11 multi-national and joint service members, including three ventilated critical care patients, eight non-critical patients and five attendants to higher echelons of care, all while acting in response to a mass casualty evacuation operation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett) Details Download The critical care expertise of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Parker, 86th Medical Squadron surgical services superintendent, was pivotal to the safe transportation of 11 multi-national and joint service members, including three ventilated critical care patients, eight non-critical patients and five attendants to higher echelons of care, all while acting in response to a mass casualty evacuation operation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, on August 27, 2021.