Reserve wing receives prestigious German Maritime Search and Rescue award [Image 1 of 5]

HAMBURG, HH, GERMANY

01.26.2018

Courtesy Photo

920th Rescue Wing

Col. Kurt Matthews, right, 920th Rescue Wing commander, talks with Chief Master Sgt. Randy Wells, middle, 301st Rescue Squadron chief enlisted manager; and Consul General Richard T. Yoneoka, the U.S. Ambassador’s representative to the German states of Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Jan. 26, 2018 at the German Maritime Museum, Hamburg, Germany. Matthews and a contingent of six Reserve Citizen Airmen traveled to Germany to accept the Medal of Honor on Ribbon for Rescue Missions at Sea in Gold from the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service on behalf of the unit. The 920th RQW was honored for its rescue of two German citizens after their vessel caught fire approximately 500 nautical miles off the east coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 7, 2017. (Courtesy of German Maritime Search and Rescue Service)

• Date Taken: 01.26.2018
• Date Posted: 01.30.2018 16:40
• Photo ID: 4109776
• VIRIN: 180126-F-CP920-001
• Resolution: 5472x3648
• Size: 4.54 MB
• Location: HAMBURG, HH, DE
• Hometown: PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FL, US
• Hometown: SATELLITE BEACH, FL, US