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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)